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. 2002 Mar 5;99(5):2619–2624. doi: 10.1073/pnas.042698699

Table 4.

DHA containing phosphatidylethanolamine molecular species in rat brain in relation to dietary fatty acids (% of total)

Diet CTR (n = 5) PER (n = 5) FO (n = 5)
PE subclass: Diacyl
 18:1/22:6 1.93  ± 0.34 1.72  ± 0.49 2.10  ± 0.61
 16:0/22:6 6.55  ± 2.18 6.12  ± 1.32 8.17  ± 1.73
 18:0/22:6 30.12  ± 2.42 32.37  ± 1.09 34.15  ± 0.38
PE subclass: Alkylacyl
 18:1a/22:6 3.63  ± 0.52 3.89  ± 1.00 5.67  ± 0.42
 16:0a/22:6 9.35  ± 2.18 7.39  ± 1.50 8.25  ± 0.93
 18:0a/22:6 12.60  ± 0.82 13.17  ± 0.85 10.56  ± 0.90
PE subclass: Alkenylacyl
 18:1a/22:6 3.09  ± 0.16 3.01  ± 0.45 5.00  ± 0.75
 16:0a/22:6 8.92  ± 0.31 9.50  ± 1.00 10.97  ± 2.12
 18:0a/22:6 19.00  ± 2.42 19.22  ± 0.57 20.84  ± 1.21

a: alcohol; CTR: control; PER: perilla; FO: fish oil; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine.