Table 5 Fatty Acid Composition of Rat White Gastrocnemius After Dietary Supplementation with 22:6n-3 and 22:5n-6*

Dam reared (n = 7)

AR-LA (n = 7)

AR-DPA (n = 6)

AR-DHA+DPA (n = 8)

AR-DHA (n = 7)

(weight % of total fatty acids)

5.0 ± 1.8^a

1.50 ± 0.85^b

1.98 ± 0.54^b

2.08 ± 0.24^b

1.93 ± 0.68^b

4.3 ± 1.1^a

2.11 ± 0.69^b

2.68 ± 0.48^b

2.73 ± 0.21^b

2.49 ± 0.45^b

1.35 ± 0.41

1.22 ± 0.55

0.95 ± 0.39

1.03 ± 0.25

1.17 ± 0.32

24.7 ± 1.0

26.0 ± 1.9

25.7 ± 0.4

25.9 ± 1.0

25.0 ± 1.2

0.71 ± 0.26^a

0.41 ± 0.17^b

0.35 ± 0.21^b

0.36 ± 0.10^b

0.43 ± 0.17^ab

7.2 ± 0.9^a

6.9 ± 1.7^ab

5.7 ± 1.6^ab

5.2 ± 0.8^b

5.7 ± 1.5^ab

0.05 ± 0.01^a

0.04 ± 0.01^ab

0.03 ± 0.01^b

0.03 ± 0.01^b

0.04 ± 0.01^ab

0.05 ± 0.01^a

0.04 ± 0.01^ab

0.03 ± 0.01^b

0.03 ± 0.01^b

0.03 ± 0.01^ab

0.10 ± 0.02^a

0.06 ± 0.02^b

0.05 ± 0.02^b

0.06 ± 0.02^b

0.08 ± 0.03^ab

43.4 ± 1.3^a

38.4 ± 2.5^b

37.5 ± 1.0^b

37.4 ± 0.9^b

36.8 ± 1.3^b

6.3 ± 1.4

5.4 ± 1.6

7.1 ± 2.0

7.0 ± 1.5

6.2 ± 1.9

0.18 ± 0.07

0.26 ± 0.08

0.21 ± 0.12

0.27 ± 0.08

0.30 ± 0.10

14.7 ± 2.8^a

21.8 ± 7.3^ab

27.0 ± 4.4^b

27.6 ± 2.5^b

25.9 ± 5.0^b

3.60 ± 0.19^a

3.78 ± 0.41^ab

3.86 ± 0.25^ab

4.04 ± 0.34^ab

4.20 ± 0.34^b

0.08 ± 0.02^a

0.14 ± 0.05^b

0.15 ± 0.05^b

0.16 ± 0.02^b

0.14 ± 0.03^b

0.09 ± 0.04

0.10 ± 0.04

0.08 ± 0.03

0.10 ± 0.04

0.12 ± 0.05

24.9 ± 4.0^a

31.5 ± 8.8^ab

38.4 ± 6.3^b

39.1 ± 3.6^b

36.9 ± 6.1^b

11.6 ± 1.0^a

10.0 ± 0.9^b

8.1 ± 1.2^c

7.7 ± 0.7^c

8.3 ± 1.0^c

0.033 ± 0.005^ab

0.037 ± 0.003^a

0.029 ± 0.004^bc

0.025 ± 0.003^c

0.027 ± 0.003^c

0.05 ± 0.01^a

0.04 ± 0.01^b

0.03 ± 0.01^b

0.03 ± 0.01^b

0.03 ± 0.01^b

0.34 ± 0.08

0.44 ± 0.16

0.32 ± 0.09

0.29 ± 0.07

0.31 ± 0.08

6.4 ± 2.0^ab

9.8 ± 3.9^a

6.2 ± 2.2^ab

5.4 ± 1.3^b

6.2 ± 2.2^ab

0.27 ± 0.08^a

0.81 ± 0.28^b

0.42 ± 0.12^a

0.24 ± 0.05^a

0.25 ± 0.07^a

0.37 ± 0.16^a

4.5 ± 1.6^b

5.0 ± 1.8^b

1.17 ± 0.29^a

0.81 ± 0.32^a

19.1 ± 2.7^a

25.7 ± 6.7^b

20.1 ± 5.1^ab

14.9 ± 2.1^a

15.9 ± 3.0^a

0.61 ± 0.17^a

0.02 ± 0.01^b

0.018 ± 0.003^b

0.03 ± 0.02^b

0.02 ± 0.01^b

0.10 ± 0.02

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-

0.02 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.01

0.86 ± 0.22^a

0.09 ± 0.04^b

0.06 ± 0.02^b

0.09 ± 0.02^b

0.13 ± 0.05^b

7.7 ± 1.8^a

0.58 ± 0.25^b

0.66 ± 0.40^b

5.4 ± 1.3^c

7.0 ± 2.1^ac

9.3 ± 1.9^a

0.69 ± 0.28^b

0.74 ± 0.41^b

5.6 ± 1.3^c

7.1 ± 2.1^ac

28.3 ± 4.5

26.4 ± 6.9

20.8 ± 5.4

20.5 ± 3.2

23.1 ± 5.0

16.0 ± 4.3

16.2 ± 6.1

12.6 ± 4.4

12.6 ± 2.7

14.7 ± 4.6

54.2 ± 2.0^a

4.1 ± 0.4^b

5.7 ± 2.2^b

43.8 ± 3.1^c

48.6 ± 3.6^d

15.9 ± 3.5

16.3 ± 9.1

21.2 ± 7.6

21.1 ± 4.6

17.9 ± 6.3