Omega 3 fatty acids reduce myeloid progenitor cell frequency in the bone marrow of mice and promote progenitor cell differentiation

Table 2 Compositions of dietary fats (approximate %).

	Saturated fatty acids	Linoleic acid (omega 6)	Total omega 3	Monounsaturated fatty acids
Corn oil^a	13	61	1	26
Canola oil^a	6	20	10	62
n-3 supp.^b	9	6	63	21

The corn oil diet is the low omega 3: omega 6 fatty acid diet containing 10% w/w corn oil as the source of all fat. The fish oil diet is our high omega 3: omega 6 fatty acids diet containing 5% w/w canola oil and 5% w/w omega 3 fatty acid supplement. The corn oil diet contains 0.1% omega 3 fatty acids and 6.1% omega 6 fatty acids, which is a relative ratio of omega 6 to omega 3 of 61: 1. The fish oil diet contains 3.65% omega 3 fatty acids and 1.3% omega 6 fatty acids, which is a relative ratio of 1: 2.8.
^aFrom: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search
^bFrom: Manufacture's certified analyses.

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