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. 2023 Jul 28;24(15):12117. doi: 10.3390/ijms241512117

Table 3.

Fatty acid composition of the liver (%).

Fatty Acids LFD HFD HFD+H3L6 HFD+L3H6
C14:0 0.58 ± 0.07 0.62 ± 0.06 0.63 ± 0.07 0.61 ± 0.05
C16:0 19.42 ± 0.72 b 19.45 ± 1.83 b 15.94 ± 0.64 a 15.54 ± 0.96 a
C16:1 n-7 0.95 ± 0.05 1.01 ± 0.88 0.83 ± 0.16 0.20 ± 0.05
C18:0 13.57 ± 0.68 13.81 ± 0.72 12.38 ± 0.29 12.92 ± 1.30
C18:1 n-9 18.77 ± 1.04 b 23.15 ± 1.06 c 11.67 ± 0.82 a 11.03 ± 1.36 a
C18:2 n-6 19.57 ± 0.72 a 18.29 ± 1.21 a 18.95 ± 1.45 a 24.42 ± 0.75 b
C18:3 n-3 0.70 ± 0.27 a 0.26 ± 0.14 a 8.55 ± 0.70 b 0.28 ± 0.08 a
C18:3 n-6 0.37 ± 0.10 0.30 ± 0.04 0.39 ± 0.46 0.43 ± 0.11
C20:0 0.43 ± 0.02 0.47 ± 0.06 0.45 ± 0.01 0.48 ± 0.04
C20:1 n-9 0.61 ± 0.01 0.66 ± 0.06 0.63 ± 0.06 0.56 ± 0.02
C20:2 n-6 0.25 ± 0.01 0.26 ± 0.01 0.25 ± 0.02 0.23 ± 0.02
C20:3 n-6 4.86 ± 0.45 4.78 ± 0.67 5.16 ± 0.84 5.12 ± 0.55
C20:4 n-6 8.54 ± 1.02 b 7.81 ± 1.14 b 9.23 ± 0.51 a 15.77 ± 0.80 b
C20:5n-3 0.67 ± 0.06 a 1.67 ± 0.14 b 0.73 ± 0.11 a 1.91 ± 0.14 b
C22:0 0.07 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01
C22:1 n-9 0.06 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.01 0.05 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.01
C22:5 n-6 0.44 ± 0.03 0.44 ± 0.03 0.44 ± 0.02 0.48 ± 0.07
C22:5 n-3 0.75 ± 0.70 c 0.55 ± 0.04 b 0.80 ± 0.01 c 0.19 ± 0.06 a
C22:6 n-3 4.52 ± 0.24 b 1.82 ± 0.10 a 5.42 ± 0.17 c 1.66 ± 0.10 a
SFA 34.06 ± 0.33 b 34.44 ± 2.49 b 29.47 ± 1.00 a 29.62 ± 0.52 a
MUFA 20.51 ± 0.98 b 25.00 ± 1.28 c 13.30 ± 0.82 a 11.99 ± 1.41 a
PUFA 40.78 ± 1.14 a 36.93 ± 2.81 a 49.77 ± 1.63 b 50.59 ± 1.45 b
n-6 34.15 ± 1.38 a 32.62 ± 3.24 a 34.54 ± 2.50 a 46.55 ± 2.42 b
n-3 6.63 ± 0.40 b 4.31 ± 0.15 a 15.23 ± 0.44 c 4.04 ± 0.34 a
n-6/n-3 5.18 ± 0.46 b 7.58 ± 0.64 c 2.27 ± 0.19 a 11.57 ± 0.79 d

Data are means ± standard error (n = 10). Different letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) between each group, and the same letters indicate that there is no significant difference (p > 0.05) between each group.