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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 ( $k_{i}^{*}$ ), net incorporation rates from brain docosahexaenoyl-CoA (J_FA,i), and fractional turnover rates (F_FA,i) of DHA in different rain phospholipid pools in control and LPS-treated rats

	Incorporation Coefficient		Incorporation Rate		Fractions Turnover Rate

	$k_{i}^{*}$ (ml/g × s, ×10⁻⁵)		J_FA,i (nmol/g × s, × 10⁻³)		F_{FA, 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.