Comparison of circulating lipid profiles between fasting humans and three animal species used in preclinical studies: mice, rats and rabbits

Table 1 Circulating lipid metabolites identified by non-targeted lipidomic analysis of each mammal

Lipid types	Ion mode	Lipid classes	Number
Phosphoglycerolipids	Negative	lysoPC	11
		lysoPE	5
		PC	45
		ePC	19
		PE	13
		ePE	18
		PI	11
Sphingolipids	Negative	SM	26
		Cer	5
		HexCer	5
		Sul	3
Neutral lipids	Positive	DG	12
		Ch/ChE	31
		CoQ	2
		Total	206

lysoPC lysophosphatidylcholine, lysoPE lysophosphatidylethanolamine, PC phosphatidylcholine, ePC ether-type phosphatidylcholine, PE phosphatidylethanolamine, ePE ether-type phosphatidylethanolamine, PI phosphatidylinositol, SM sphingomyelin, Cer ceramide, HexCer hexosylceramide, DG diacylglycerol, Ch/ChE cholesterol/cholesteryl ester, CoQ coenzyme Q

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