TABLE 2.
Basal fatty acid composition (weight percentage) of white blood cell and platelet phospholipids1
| Fatty acid | White blood cells | Platelets |
| 8:0 | 0.04 ± 0.01 | 0.04 ± 0.00 |
| 10:0 | 0.03 ± 0.00 | 0.04 ± 0.00 |
| 16:0 | 23.89 ± 0.38 | 17.05 ± 0.25 |
| 16:1n-7 | 0.21 ± 0.04 | 0.08 ± 0.02 |
| 18:0 | 13.77 ± 0.17 | 16.58 ± 0.17 |
| 18:1n−9 | 14.22 ± 0.32 | 13.40 ± 0.17 |
| 18:2n−6 | 15.76 ± 0.56 | 6.90 ± 0.24 |
| 18:3n−6 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 0.05 ± 0.02 |
| 18:3n−3 | 0.07 ± 0.02 | 0.04 ± 0.00 |
| 20:4n−6 | 16.74 ± 0.50 | 29.84 ± 0.39 |
| 20:5n−3 | 0.61 ± 0.07 | 0.42 ± 0.05 |
| 22:5n−3 | 2.11 ± 0.07 | 2.40 ± 0.08 |
| 22:6n−3 | 3.55 ± 0.21 | 2.76 ± 0.16 |
| Σn−3 | 6.34 ± 0.29 | 5.61 ± 0.22 |
| Σn−6 | 32.53 ± 0.36 | 36.79 ± 0.31 |
| Σn−3/Σn−6 | 0.196 ± 0.010 | 0.154 ± 0.007 |
1
All values are means ± SEMs and refer to 12 individual determinations. Each of the latter determinations represents the mean of 2 measurements made in the same subject before the injection of the medium-chain triacylglycerol:long-chain triacylglycerol emulsion or medium-chain triacylglycerol:fish oil emulsion. Σ, sum of the fatty acid.