Table II.

Plasma triacylglycerols, plasma total cholesterol, plasma α-tocopherol and plasma MDA in rats fed the different fish oil-enriched diets. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

	Control	Stabilized EPA-rich oil	Stabilized DHA-rich oil	Unstable DHA-rich oil
Triacylglycerols (mmol/L)	1.1 ± 0.4	0.6 ± 0.2a	0.5 ± 0.1b	0.7 ± 0.2a
Total cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.6 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.1c	1.2 ± 0.1c	1.3 ± 0.1b,d
α-Tocopherol (μmol/mmol total lipids)	7.8 ± 0.9	8.7 ± 0.8	8.2 ± 0.6	7.0 ± 0.7d
MDA (μmol/L)	0.5 ± 0.0	0.6 ± 0.0	0.6 ± 0.1	0.7 ± 0.1c,d,e

^aP < 0.05 versus control.

^bP < 0.01 versus control.

^cP < 0.001 versus control.

^dP < 0.05 versus stabilized EPA-rich oil.

^eP < 0.01 versus stabilized DHA-rich oil.