Table III.

Plasma phospholipid fatty acid composition in rats fed the different fish oil-enriched diets. Data are expressed as mean ± SD.

Fatty acida	Control	Stabilized EPA-rich oil	Stabilized DHA-rich oil	Unstable DHA-rich oil
C16:0	21.1 ± 0.9	23.2 ± 1.1c	23.4 ± 0.6c	22.7 ± 1.4b
C18:0	19.6 ± 0.6	18.6 ± 0.7	17.9 ± 1.0b	18.2 ± 1.3b
C24:0	0.7 ± 0.1	0.5 ± 0.0c	0.6 ± 0.1b	0.7 ± 0.1e
Total saturated	41.8 ± 0.9	42.9 ± 0.8	42.4 ± 1.0	42.1 ± 2.1
C16:1(n-7)	0.8 ± 0.2	0.9 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.2	0.6 ± 0.2
C18:1(n-9)	4.7 ± 0.6	4.2 ± 0.3b	4.2 ± 0.2b	4.2 ± 0.2b
C18:1(n-7)	2.6 ± 0.6	2.7 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.3b,f	2.1 ± 0.1b,f
C24:1(n-9)	0.8 ± 0.4	1.1 ± 0.1b	0.8 ± 0.1e	0.9 ± 0.2
Total monounsaturated	8.9 ± 0.9	9.0 ± 0.5	7.8 ± 0.5c,f	7.9 ± 0.3c,f
C18:2(n-6)	24.7 ± 1.1	17.1 ± 3.7d	18.1 ± 1.4d	18.7 ± 1.6d
C20:3(n-6)	1.5 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.3c	1.0 ± 0.4b	0.5 ± 0.4d,h
C20:4(n-6) Arachidonic acid	12.2 ± 1.3	9.3 ± 0.8d	12.4 ± 0.6g	10.7 ± 1.2b,e,h
C20:5(n-3) EPA	0.7 ± 0.1	7.4 ± 0.8d	2.5 ± 0.4d,g	2.7 ± 0.5d,g
C22:5(n-3)	0.7 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.3d	1.0 ± 0.1g	0.8 ± 0.1g
C22:6(n-3) DHA	5.6 ± 0.4	8.1 ± 0.6d	12.7 ± 0.5d,g	11.1 ± 0.6d,g,j
Total (n-6) PUFAs	38.4 ± 1.0	27.1 ± 0.8d	31.5 ± 1.4d,f	29.9 ± 2.6d
Total (n-3) PUFAs	7.0 ± 0.4	17.3 ± 0.9d	16.2 ± 0.4d,f	14.6 ± 0.8d,g,i
Ratio (n-6):(n-3)	5.5 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.1d	1.9 ± 0.1d,f	2.0 ± 0.2d,f

^aOnly fatty acids >0.5 g/100 g total fatty acids are shown.

^bP < 0.05 versus control.

^cP < 0.01 versus control.

^dP < 0.001 versus control.

^eP < 0.05 versus stabilized EPA-rich oil.

^fP < 0.01 versus stabilized EPA-rich oil.

^gP < 0.001 versus stabilized EPA-rich oil.

^hP < 0.05 versus stabilized DHA-rich oil.

ⁱP < 0.01 versus stabilized DHA-rich oil.

^jP < 0.001 versus stabilized DHA-rich oil.