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Table 1 Fatty acid levels of rat serum of SFO, GLAO and DHAO groups

From: The influence of feeding linoleic, gamma-linolenic and docosahexaenoic acid rich oils on rat brain tumor fatty acids composition and fatty acid binding protein 7 mRNA expression

Fatty acids

Concentration in serum (μg/mL)

one way ANOVA

 

SFO

GLAO

DHAO

 

Miristic Acid (C14:0)

19.46 ± 0.44

19.76 ± 0.56

21.17 ± 1.24

NS

Palmitic Acid (C16:0)

89.28 ± 19.99

51.26 ± 12.72

49.83 ± 9.39

NS

Stearic Acid (C18:0)

99.86 ± 22.20

72.89 ± 21.60

62.69 ± 14.81

NS

Arachidic Acid (C20:0)

2.06 ± 0.00

2.22 ± 0.15

2.76 ± 0.69

NS

Behenic Acid (C22:0)

11.27 ± 0.60

10.73 ± 0.15

11.38 ± 0.39

NS

Oleic Acid(C18:1, n-9)

55.56 ± 14.91

23.44 ± 8.19

30.49 ± 7.53

NS

11-Ecosenoic Acid(C20:1)

52.04 ± 30.86

84.67 ± 57.88

30.19 ± 25.44

NS

Nervonic Acid (C24:1)

5.72 ± 00.00

5.99 ± 0.27

5.72 ± 00.00

NS

Linoleic Acid(C18:2, n-6)

229.75 ± 79.27

61.40 ± 18.03

94.16 ± 32.64

NS

Gamma linolenic acid(C18:3, n-6)

11.46 ± 6.55a

59.34 ± 16.44b

4.46 ± 2.75a

P < 0.01

11,14-Ecosadienoic Acid (C20:2, n-6)

trace

0.54 ± 0.76

1.90 ± 1.27

NS

Dihomo-Gamma Linolenic Acid(C20:3, n-6)

2.65 ± 0.50

4.137 ± 0.84

2.71 ± 0.52

NS

Arachidonic Acid(C20:4, n-6)

234.42 ± 45.92a

151.13 ± 34.27ab

36.54 ± 8.68b

P < 0.01

13,16-Docosadienoic Acid (DDA, C22:2, n-6)

6.21 ± 0.39

5.81 ± 0.22

6.00 ± 0.29

NS

Alpha-Linolenic Acid(C18:3, n-3)

trace

trace

0.26 ± 0.20

NS

11,14,17-Eicosatrienoic Acid (C20:3, n-3)

2.61 ± 0.04

2.61 ± 0.06

2.56 ± 0.01

NS

Eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5, n-3)

3.28 ± 1.64a

2.60 ± 1.31a

70.51 ± 17.66b

P < 0.001

Docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6, n-3)

38.27 ± 5.92ab

18.48 ± 4.22a

107.31 ± 37.62b

P < 0.05

Arachidonic/Dihomo-Gamma Linolenic + Eicosapentaenoic

83.77 ± 48.46a

26.75 ± 3.25a

0.56 ± 0.09b

P < 0.001

Sum of n-6 fatty acids *

484.47 ± 118.15a

282.36 ± 65.79ab

145.78 ± 41.41b

P < 0.05

Sum of n-3 fatty acids§

44.26 ± 6.10a

23.70 ± 5.42a

180.66 ± 53.10b

P < 0.001

n-6 to n-3 Ratio‡

10.38 ± 1.62a

11.84 ± 1.11a

0.85514 ± 0.07b

P < 0.001

  1. * Including C18:2, C18:3, C20:2, C20:3, C20:4, C22:2. § Including C18:3, C20:3, C20:5, C22:6. ‡ Ratio of sum of n-6 fatty acids to sum of n-3 fatty acids. Values are shown as mean ± S.E., n = 6 for each group. ANOVA: Analysis of variance. NS: not significant. Groups not sharing the same letters are significantly different (Post-hoc Tukey's test)