TABLE 3.

Fatty acid composition of splenocytes from guinea pigs fed (n-3) or (n-6) fatty acid diets for 3 wk¹

Fatty acid	(n-6) PUFA	(n-3) PUFA
	g/100 g
14:0	0.60 ± 0.04	1.96 ± 0.09*
16:0	21.92 ± 0.14	24.36 ± 0.80*
16:1(n-7)	0.83 ± 0.02	3.83 ± 0.10*
18:0	19.39 ± 0.28	20.42 ± 0.23*
18:1[(n-7)+(n-9)]	13.55 ± 0.23	13.97 ± 0.40*
18:2(n-6)	21.07 ± 0.73	10.21 ± 0.39*
20:1(n-9)	0.68 ± 0.02	tr
20:2(n-6)	1.90 ± 0.10	tr
20:3(n-6)	1.16 ± 0.07	1.00 ± 0.13*
20:4(n-6)	11.52 ± 0.41	8.28 ± 0.25*
20:5(n-3)	tr2	5.13 ± 0.40*
22:0	0.73 ± 0.03	0.39 ± 0.16*
22:4(n-6)	2.70 ± 0.14	tr
22:5(n-6)	0.85 ± 0.05	tr
22:5(n-3)	0.43 ± 0.02	4.10 ± 0.23*
22:6(n-3)	0.78 ± 0.05	3.29 ± 0.19*
24:0	0.78 ± 0.06	0.90 ± 0.09*
24:1(n-9)	1.12 ± 0.05	1.28 ± 0.31*

¹Values are means ± SD, n = 5. *Different from (n-6) PUFA, P < 0.05.

²tr, Trace amount (<0.1%).