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Table 2 Composition of Individual Fatty Acids in Soleus and Red and White Gastrocnemius Muscles from Dam-Reared Rats*

From: Docosahexaenoic acid and n-6 docosapentaenoic acid supplementation alter rat skeletal muscle fatty acid composition

 

Soleus

Red Gastrocnemius

White Gastrocnemius

 

(weight % of total fatty acids)

12:0

6.6 ± 2.3a

2.1 ± 0.8b

5.1 ± 1.9a

14:0

5.2 ± 1.1a

2.3 ± 0.4b

4.3 ± 1.2a

16:0 DMA

1.0 ± 0.5a

2.0 ± 0.4b

1.4 ± 0.4ab

16:0

19.4 ± 1.0a

21.7 ± 1.0b

24.5 ± 1.0b

18:0 DMA

0.53 ± 0.29

0.92 ± 0.25

0.75 ± 0.25

18:0

8.6 ± 2.4a

12.2 ± 0.6b

7.3 ± 1.0a

20:0

0.09 ± 0.02a

0.08 ± 0.02a

0.05 ± 0.01b

22:0

0.08 ± 0.02ab

0.09 ± 0.03a

0.05 ± 0.01b

24:0

0.13 ± 0.06ab

0.18 ± 0.02a

0.10 ± 0.02b

16:1 n-7

7.2 ± 1.8a

3.3 ± 0.3b

6.3 ± 1.5a

18:1 DMA

0.06 ± 0.02a

0.22 ± 0.05b

0.19 ± 0.06b

18:1 n-9

17.2 ± 2.7a

10.3 ± 1.0b

14.2 ± 2.7a

18:1 n-7

4.0 ± 0.3a

3.3 ± 0.2b

3.6 ± 0.2b

20:1 n-9

0.09 ± 0.03

0.06 ± 0.02

0.08 ± 0.02

24:1 n-9

0.12 ± 0.04ab

0.14 ± 0.01a

0.08 ± 0.02b

18:2 n-6

13.6 ± 1.3a

15.0 ± 1.3a

11.8 ± 0.8b

18:3 n-6

0.03 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

20:2 n-6

0.06 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.05

0.05 ± 0.01

20:3 n-6

0.27 ± 0.07a

0.44 ± 0.05b

0.34 ± 0.09ab

20:4 n-6

6.0 ± 1.9a

8.9 ± 0.4b

6.5 ± 2.2ab

22:4 n-6

0.42 ± 0.09a

0.39 ± 0.03a

0.27 ± 0.09b

22:5 n-6

0.27 ± 0.11a

0.51 ± 0.07b

0.36 ± 0.17ab

18:3 n-3

0.82 ± 0.23a

0.34 ± 0.06b

0.62 ± 0.18a

20:5 n-3

0.07 ± 0.02a

0.13 ± 0.03b

0.10 ± 0.03ab

22:5 n-3

0.58 ± 0.19a

1.18 ± 0.07b

0.87 ± 0.24c

22:6 n-3

3.9 ± 1.6a

11.7 ± 1.1b

7.7 ± 2.0c

  1. *Values are mean ± SD; n = 6. Values in a row not sharing a roman superscript are significantly different at P < 0.05 by Tukey's honestly significantly difference test after a significant F-value (P < 0.05) by repeated measures ANOVA. DMA, dimethyl acetal.