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Table 1 Offspring liver fatty acid composition

From: Alpha linolenic acid in maternal diet halts the lipid disarray due to saturated fatty acids in the liver of mice offspring at weaning

   

Fatty acid abundance (mol %)

Fatty acids in liver lipids

RD

SFA

ALA

DHA

EPA

Saturated fatty acids

    

14:00

Myrisitic acid

1.0 ± 0.1

0.8 ± 0.07

0.8 ± 0.08

0.6 ± 0.07

0.7 ± 0.06

16:00

Palmitic acid

21.4 ± 1.9

19.6 ± 1.8

20.6 ± 1.8

19.4 ± 1.6

19.9 ± 2.0

18:00

Stearic acid

17.7 ± 1.1

22.4 ± 2.0

19.4 ± 2.1

18.6 ± 1.8

21.6 ± 1.8

Total SFAs

40.2 ± 2.9

42.8 ± 3.9

40.9 ± 2.5

38.7 ± 3.4

42.3 ± 3.9

Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)

    

16:1ω-7

Palmitoleic acid

0.4 ± 0.05

0.7 ± 0.08

0.5 ± 0.06

0.5 ± 0.06

0.7 ± 0.08

18:1 ω -9

Oleic acid

9.2 ± 0.9

10.1 ± 1.1

7.1 ± 0.8

6.3 ± 0.5

7.6 ± 0.8

Total MUFA

9.6 ± 0.9

10.9 ± 0.9

7.7 ± 0.7

6.8 ± 0.5

8.3 ± 0.7

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)

    

18:2 ω6

Linoleic

27.4 ± 1.9a

15.4 ± 1.4b

17.0 ± 1.5b

13.6 ± 1.4b

14.8 ± 1.5b

18:3 ω6

γ- Linolenic acid

0.4 ± 0.05a

0.1 ± 0.01b

0.1 ± 0.01b

0.0 ± 0.0

0.0 ± 0.0

20:4 ω6

Arachidonic acid

11.3 ± 1.3a

16.5 ± 1.5b

12.2 ± 1.1a

9.5 ± 0.8c

8.2 ± 0.8c

Total n-6 PUFA

39.2 ± 3.9a

32.2 ± 3.2a

29.4 ± 2.9a,b

23.3 ± 2.3b

23.0 ± 2.2b

18:3 ω3

α-Linolenic acid

1.1 ± 0.1a

0.1 ± 0.01b

1.7 ± 0.2a

0.1 ± 0.01b

0.2 ± 0.02b

20:5 ω3

Eicosapentenoic acid

0.4 ± 0.03

0.4 ± 0.04

3.1 ± 0.03

2.1 ± 0.2

7.1 ± 0.5

22:6 ω3

Docosahexenoic acid

9.3 ± 0.9

13.3 ± 1.2

16.9 ± 1.7

28.7 ± 2.5

18.7 ± 1.9

Total ω n-3 PUFA

10.9 ± 1.1a

13.9 ± 1.2a

21.9 ± 2.2b

31.0 ± 3.1c

26.1 ± 2.5c

Total PUFA

50.1 ± 4.9

46.2 ± 4.6

51.3 ± 4.8

54.3 ± 4.9

49.2 ± ±4.7

  1. Fatty acids are expressed as mole %. Fatty acids changed among the different maternal dietary treatments appear in bold. Means (n = 7) without a common letter (a, b or c) difference p < 0.05 between the maternal dietary treatments indicated in the x-axis, as described in Methods.