Table 3 Fatty acid content of the liver in isolated hypercholesterolemia

C14:0

Myristic acid

85.0

4.85

476

35.7

5.60

2.68E-10

↑↑

C15:0

Pentadecanoic acid

62.3

7.51

297

20.1

4.77

2.18E-10

↑

C16:0

Palmitic acid

5817

146

12,437

568

2.14

1.28E-10

↑

C16:1n-7

Palmitoleic acid

333

34.5

6768

695

20.28

5.00E-09

↑↑↑

C17:0

Heptadecanoic acid

159

5.65

283

12.5

1.78

6.45E-09

↑

C18:0

Stearic acid

4598

71.1

3218

65.1

0.70

1.25E-12

↓

C18:1n-9

Oleic acid

3306

170

23,114

1385

6.99

1.50E-12

↑↑

C18:2n-6

Linoleic acid

6246

353

18,903

776

3.03

6.10E-13

↑

C18:3n-6

γ-Linolenic acid

75.8

7.63

201

21.5

2.66

1.46E-05

↑

C18:3n-3

α-Linolenic acid

129

12.9

728

44.6

5.64

9.80E-12

↑↑

C20:2n-6

Eicosadienoic acid

111

5.69

442

26.0

3.98

1.88E-11

↑

C20:3n-3

Eicosatrienoic acid

118

11.8

777

52.2

6.55

2.39E-11

↑↑

C20:4n-6

Arachidonic acid

6895

243

6143

130

0.89

0.0125

↓

C20:5n-3

Eicosapentaenoic acid

73.0

6.97

197

10.7

2.71

1.85E-09

↑

C22:5n-3

Docosapentaenoic acid

283

12.6

769

53.5

2.72

1.07E-08

↑

C22:6n-3

Docosahexaenoic acid

1313

50.4

1452

106

1.11

0.2474

n.s.

29,612

941

76,293

3386

2.58

5.55E-12