Table 2.
Fatty acid composition of brain ethanolamine glycerophospholipids from Aldh5a1+/+ and Aldh5a1−/− mice
| EtnGpl mole % | Aldh5a1+/+ | Aldh5a1−/− | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAME | Mean | SD | ||
| 16:0 | 8.6 | 0.9 | 8.5 | 1.1 |
| 18:0 | 26.1 | 0.8 | 27.4 | 0.3* |
| 18:1 n-9 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 7.6 | 0.4 |
| 18:1 n-7 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 18:2 n-6 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| 20:1 n-9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.05* |
| 20:3 n-6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 |
| 20:4 n-6 | 23.4 | 0.6 | 22.9 | 0.4 |
| 22:4 n-6 | 5.9 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 0.2* |
| 22:6 n-3 | 23.7 | 1.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 |
| sat | 34.8 | 1.3 | 35.9 | 1.4 |
| unsat | 65.2 | 1.3 | 64.1 | 1.4 |
| MUFA | 10.9 | 1.6 | 9.6 | 0.4 |
| PUFA | 54.4 | 1.0 | 54.6 | 1.3 |
| n-3 | 23.7 | 1.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 |
| n-6 | 30.7 | 0.6 | 29.6 | 0.5 |
| n-3/n6 | 0.77 | 0.04 | 0.84 | 0.03* |
| unsat/sat | 1.88 | 0.10 | 1.79 | 0.11 |
| PUFA/MUFA | 5.13 | 0.90 | 5.71 | 0.28 |
| MUFA/sat | 0.31 | 0.06 | 0.27 | 0.02 |
| PUFA/sat | 1.57 | 0.06 | 1.52 | 0.09 |
| n=7 | n=5 | |||
Values are expressed as mole percentage and represent mean ± SD, n = 5–7. The * indicates a significant difference between groups, p<0.05. Abbreviations employed for Tables 2–6: FAME, fatty acid methyl esters; n-3, n-6, n-7, n-9, etc-refers to omega-3, omega-6, etc; sat, saturated; unsat, unsaturated; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsatured fatty acids; chol, cholesterol; PL, phospholipids