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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Neurochem Int. 2009 Dec 22;56(3):501–507. doi: 10.1016/j.neuint.2009.12.010

Table 2.

Incorporation coefficients (ki*), net incorporation rates from brain docosahexaenoyl-CoA (JFA,i), and fractional turnover rates (FFA,i) of DHA in different rain phospholipid pools in control and LPS-treated rats

Incorporation Coefficient Incorporation Rate Fractions Turnover Rate

ki* (ml/g × s, ×10−5) JFA,i (nmol/g × s, × 10−3) FFA, i (%/h)

Phospholipid Control LPS Control LPS Control LPS

PtdEtn 4.5 ± 1.3 4.9 ± 0.6 14.2 ± 4.0 14.9 ± 1.8 3.5 ± 1.0 3.6 ± 0.5
PlsEtn 1.1 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.9 3.5 ± 1.3 4.3 ± 2.7 0.9 ± 0.3 1.1 ± 0.7
PtdIns 2.7 ± 0.6 2.5 ± 0.7 8.6 ± 1.8 7.7 ± 2.1 16.3 ± 3.5 14.7 ± 3.9
PtdSer 1.5 ± 0.5 1.3 ± 0.4 4.7 ± 1.6 4.0 ± 1.3 1.1 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.3
PtdCho 4.4 ± 1.2 4.5 ± 0.9 13.8 ± 3.9 13.5 ± 2.6 8.6 ± 2.4 8.4 ± 1.6
PlsCho 0.7 ± 0.3 0.5 ± 0.2 2.0 ± 0.9 1.6 ± 0.5 6.4 ± 2.9 5.2 ± 1.5

Values are means ± SD (n = 7).

Abbreviations: PtdEtn, phosphatidylethanolamine; PlsEtn, plasmenylethanolamine; PtdIns, phosphatidylinositol; PtdSer, phosphatidylserine; PtdCho, phosphatidylcholine; PlsCho, plasmenylcholine.

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