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.