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Published in final edited form as: Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2010 Mar 12;82(4-6):273–276. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2010.02.015

Table 4.

Mean hepatic steady-state synthesis rates of esterified EPA, DPA and DHA from circulating unesterified α-LNA, and their plasma half-lives, in unanesthetized rats infused intravenously with [U-¹³C] α-LNA for 2 hours. From [34]

n-3 PUFA	Daily secretion rate from α-LNA	Plasma half-life
n-3 PUFA	μmol/day	min
EPA, 20:5n-3	8.40 ± 1.77	80.1 ± 18.9
DPA, 22:5n-3	6.27 ± 1.23	72.1 ± 13.2
DHA, 22:6n-3	9.84 ± 1.85	160.3 ± 21.0

Data are mean ± S.D. (n = 4-6)