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Published in final edited form as: Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2008 Nov 8;79(3-5):123–129. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2008.09.021

Table 2. Free fatty acid profile of RAW macrophages.

Free fatty acids were extracted from three independent cultures of RAW cells and analyzed separately. All values are normalized to cellular DNA and are expressed as ng fatty acid/μg DNA.

Fatty Acid Biological Replicates (ng/μg DNA) Mean sDev.
1 2 3 ng/μg ng/μg
Lauric Acid (12:0) 0.873 0.563 0.848 0.761 0.172
Myristic Acid (14:0) 3.792 3.849 3.273 3.638 0.318
Pentadecanoic Acid (15:0) 0.806 0.636 0.391 0.611 0.209
Palmitic Acid (16:0) 28.796 27.342 22.416 26.185 3.344
Palmitoleic Acid (16:1) 1.765 1.747 1.880 1.797 0.072
Heptadecanoic Acid (17:0) 0.901 0.939 0.419 0.753 0.290
Heptadecaenoic Acid (17:1) 0.147 0.130 0.155 0.144 0.012
Stearic Acid (18:0) 17.587 27.112 16.418 20.372 5.866
Oleic Acid (18:1) 49.667 48.904 45.623 48.065 2.149
Linoleic Acid (18:2) 2.355 2.479 1.931 2.255 0.287
α-linolenic Acid (18:3) 0.089 0.116 0.110 0.105 0.014
γ-linolenic Acid (18:3) 0.062 0.043 0.049 0.051 0.010
Stearidonic Acid (18:4) 0.004 0.005 0.003 0.004 0.001
Arachidic Acid (20:0) 0.303 0.271 0.334 0.303 0.031
Eicosadienoic Acid (20:2) 0.058 0.088 0.049 0.065 0.021
11,14,17-Eicosatrienoic Acid (20:3 1.359 1.406 1.074 1.279 0.180
Bishomo-γ-linolenic Acid (20:3) 0.441 0.514 0.321 0.425 0.097
5,8,11-Eicosatrienoic Acid (20:3 0.003 0.004 0.002 0.003 0.001
Arachidonic Acid (20:4) 2.331 3.431 2.269 2.677 0.654
Eicosapentaenoic Acid (20:5) 0.293 0.282 0.250 0.275 0.022
Behenic Acid (22:0) 0.039 0.169 0.055 0.087 0.071
Cis-Erucic Acid (22:1) 0.005 0.006 0.007 0.006 0.001
Docosadienoic Acid (22:2) 0.003 0.007 0.002 0.004 0.003
Docosatrienoic Acid (22:3) 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.001
Docosatetraenoic Acid (22:4) 0.425 0.529 0.386 0.447 0.074
Docosapentaenoic Acid (22:5) 0.950 1.101 0.791 0.947 0.155
Docosahexaenoic Acid (22:6) 1.490 1.768 1.069 1.442 0.352
Tricosanoic Acid (23:0) 0.019 0.027 0.022 0.023 0.004
Lignoceric Acid (24:0) 0.403 0.551 0.498 0.484 0.075
Cis-Selacholeic Acid (24:1) 0.014 0.040 0.018 0.024 0.014
Cerotic Acid (26:0) 0.146 0.099 0.177 0.140 0.039