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. 1999 Sep 28;96(20):11501–11506. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.20.11501

Table 1.

PC species in mol percent of total PC present in bile and in lung surfactant

PC species mol %
Pc–tp(+/+) Pc–tp(−/−)
In bile

C16:0–C16:1 1.5  ±  0.8 0.4  ±  0.4
C16:0–C18:1 10.1  ±  0.4 5.1  ±  2.6
C16:0–C18:2 60.0  ±  3.5 61.9  ±  2.8
C16:0–C20:3 0.6  ±  0.4 0.1  ±  0.1
C16:0–C20:4 13.0  ±  1.0 12.5  ±  0.8
C16:0–C22:6 9.3  ±  0.9 9.8  ±  0.1
C16:1–C18:2 1.0  ±  1.0 1.7  ±  0.9
C18:0–C18:2 4.2  ±  0.3 8.3  ±  2.6
C18:0–C20:4 0.3  ±  0.2 0.3  ±  0.1
In lung surfactant

C16:0–C16:0 45.4  ±  0.9 41.6  ±  5.0
C16:0–C16:1 10.1  ±  0.2 8.8  ±  0.7
C16:0–C18:1 6.5  ±  0.7 5.7  ±  0.8
C16:0–C18:2 26.6  ±  0.8 25.4  ±  2.2
C16:0–C20:4 6.6  ±  0.5 5.7  ±  0.6
C16:0–C22:6 1.4  ±  0.0 1.4  ±  0.2
C18:0–C18:1 0.3  ±  0.2 0.1  ±  0.1
C18:0–C22:6 2.6  ±  0.7 3.1  ±  1.7