Effect of long-term aluminum feeding on lipid/phospholipid profiles of rat brain myelin

Table 3 Effect of long-term Al feeding on phospholipid content of individual phospholipids of myelin membrane from the rat brain.

Phosoholipid Class	Phospholipid content (μg / mg protein)		Change (%)
	Control(24)	Al-fed(18)
Lyso	79.46 ± 8.18	28.74 ± 2.79*	-63.8
SPM	125.86 ± 9.83	52.86 ± 4.69*	-58.0
PC	376.08 ± 28.18	216.56 ± 15.77*	-42.4
PS	84.36 ± 9.65	26.69 ± 2.72*	-68.4
PI	121.74 ± 10.89	29.61 ± 3.63*	-75.7
PE	506.86 ± 33.36	456.06 ± 33.18	-10.0
PA	71.39 ± 6.13	18.04 ± 2.41*	-74.7

Experimental details are as described in the text and in Table 1. The contents of individual phospholipid classes was computed from the TPL content and composition for the respective sample. Results are given as mean ± SEM of the number of observations indicated in the parentheses. * p < 0.001.

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