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Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2008 Nov 27;1791(2):132–139. doi: 10.1016/j.bbalip.2008.11.002

Table 4.

Concentrations of stable lipids in serum, brain, liver and heart from n-6 PUFA adequate and deficient rats

Lipid	Triacylglycerol		Total cholesterol		Total phospholipid
	Adequate	Deficient	Adequate	Deficient	Adequate	Deficient
Serum (µmol/ml serum)	2.2 ± 0.8	1.5 ± 0.3 ^*	1.7 ± 0.4	1.0 ± 0.2 ^***	2.6 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.2^***
Brain (µmol/g brain)	0.57 ± 0.22	0.53 ± 0.27	84.1 ± 15.7	97.2 ± 16.4	57.4 ± 5.2	61.1 ± 3.7
Liver (µmol/g liver)	20.6 ± 3.9	20.6 ± 2.9	4.3 ± 1.6	5.8 ± 2.3	30.4 ± 8.0	29.4 ± 4.5
Heart (µmol/g heart)	10.1 ± 3.6	11.5 ± 6.2	3.7 ± 1.3	3.3 ± 1.1	34.7 ± 5.0	4.0 ± 3.1
Testis (µmol/g testis)	1.8 ± 0.5	1.7 ± 0.6	6.3 ± 1.0	5.1 ± 1.6	15.0 ± 1.5	15.1 ± 1.3
Epididymal adipose tissue (µmol/g adipose tissue)	74.9 ± 18.9	70.6 ± 9.3	2.6 ± 0.7	2.6 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.6	1.5 ± 0.3

Values are mean ± SD (n=10 for both groups).

p<0.05

^***

p<0.001, differs significantly from mean in adequate group.