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. 2009 Sep 16;284(48):33425–33436. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M109.049478

TABLE 2.

Fatty acid composition in triglycerides

Data represent mean ± S.D.

Fatty acid Treatment
None 400 μm palmitate 400 μm palmitate + 50 μm oleate
nmol/mg protein
Total lipids
    14:0 3.0 ± 0.2a 6.5 ± 0.7b 8.6 ± 0.5b
    16:0 27.4 ± 1.7a 114.3 ± 8.2b 150.4 ± 3.8c
    16:1n-7 3.5 ± 0.2a 36.1 ± 2.1b 36.6 ± 1.5b
    18:0 27.0 ± 1.5a 36.8 ± 1.8b 41.3 ± 1.4b
    18:1n-9 10.3 ± 1.5a 18.1 ± 1.3a 43.0 ± 1.3b
    20:0 0.2 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 0.3 ± 0.0
    20:1 0.1 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0
    20:3 0.3 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.1 0.3 ± 0.0
    20:4 1.1 ± 0.0a 1.7 ± 0.1b 1.8 ± 0.1b

Free lipids
    14:0 1.4 ± 0.3a 3.3 ± 0.3b 1.9 ± 0.2a
    16:0 12.6 ± 2.7a 31.4 ± 2.7c 21.4 ± 1.5b
    18:0 13.1 ± 2.9a 31.8 ± 1.9c 20.9 ± 1.5b
    18:1n-9 1.7 ± 0.5a 3.9 ± 0.3b 4.3 ± 0.6b
    20:0 0.3 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.1
    20:4 0.01 ± 0.01 0.04 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.01
Total free 29.0 ± 6.5a 71.2 ± 4.9c 49.0 ± 3.4b

a–c Means in columns without a common letter differ; p < 0.05.