Table 2.

Fatty acid composition of ethanolamine phosphoglycerides of rat brains

Fatty acid	Control (n = 8)	Perilla (n = 10)	Fish oil (n = 10)
DMA16:0	5.11  ± 0.51	4.71  ± 0.86	4.00  ± 0.93
16:0	8.31  ± 1.53	8.28  ± 2.6	6.34  ± 2.20
16:1n-7	0.68  ± 0.21		1.08  ± 0.36
DMA18:0	9.08  ± 2.00	9.21  ± 2.16	6.46  ± 2.19
DMA18:1n-9	3.29  ± 0.36	3.00  ± 1.58	2.29  ± 0.50
DMA18:1n-7	2.14  ± 0.40	1.83  ± 0.46	1.79  ± 1.18
18:0	17.05  ± 2.00	17.13  ± 1.45	19.00  ± 2.90
18:1n-9	12.18  ± 1.49	12.23  ± 1.19	12.75  ± 2.56
18:1n-7	1.60  ± 0.27	1.57  ± 0.49	1.44  ± 0.30
18:2n-6	0.80  ± 0.02	0.88  ± 0.34	0.71  ± 0.32
18:3n-3	1.90  ± 0.17	ND	0.42  ± 0.22
20:4n-6	9.64  ± 1.57	10.10  ± 1.48	9.07  ± 3.46
20:5n-3	ND	ND	0.1
22:4n-6	4.22  ± 1.29	4.32  ± 0.86	2.68  ± 0.39
22:5n-3	0.52	TR	1.05  ± 0.36
22:6n-3	19.73  ± 2.00	18.39  ± 2.92	22.16  ± 2.86
Total saturates	25.36	25.41	25.34
Total n-6	14.66	15.30	12.46
Total n-3	22.15	18.39	22.60

DMA, dimethyl acetal. ND, not determined.