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. 2010 Nov;51(11):3217–3229. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M007518

TABLE 4.

VLC-PUFA composition from whole retinas collected from young, middle, and old age and age-matched AMD human donors

Peak Area Value Normalized with IS and Sample Weightd
Peak no.a RT (min)b FAsc Young Age Group Middle Age Group Old Age Group Age-Matched AMD Group
1 23.27 24:5n-6 185.24 ± 49.86 193.23 ± 41.19 147.60 ± 27.43 90.45 ± 18.65
2 23.43 24:6n-3 677.13 ± 237.78 668.48 ± 93.48 463.55 ± 55.82 151.65 ± 35.28g*
3 23.58 24:4n-6 1199.82 ± 315.71 1188.55 ± 142.75 1153.45 ± 210.28 684.20 ± 126.50
4 23.74 24:5n-3 1315.65 ± 537.16 1442.42 ± 246.56 1124.25 ± 199.82 468.76 ± 111.35
5 27.55 26:5n-6 6.64 ± 2.46 10.74 ± 2.50 4.07 ± 0.99f* 3.49 ± 0.92
6 27.72 26:6n-3 25.77 ± 8.76 27.74 ± 4.07 23.73 ± 5.22 10.45 ± 1.78
7 28.00 26:4n-6 60.61 ± 14.54 74.85 ± 4.88 58.90 ± 17.90 23.34 ± 4.20g*
8 28.22 26:5n-3 57.07 ± 15.61 65.93 ± 6.25 46.70 ± 11.28 22.68 ± 4.36
9 33.61 28:6n-3 2.15 ± 0.61 2.09 ± 0.52 1.04 ± 0.45 0.13 ± 0.07
10 33.95 28:4n-6 2.54 ± 0.68 5.47 ± 0.72e* 2.63 ± 0.88f* 0.44 ± 0.24g*
11 34.42 28:5n-3 8.71 ± 2.16 10.25 ± 1.23 7.51 ± 3.25 0.93 ± 0.50g*
12 40.82 30:6n-3 2.62 ± 0.95 4.94 ± 0.93e* 2.07 ± 0.73f* 0.66 ± 0.26
13 41.42 30:4n-6 3.61 ± 1.08 6.84 ± 1.46 4.29 ± 1.79 0.90 ± 0.34g*
14 41.82 30:5n-3 5.57 ± 1.82 12.98 ± 2.16e* 4.93 ± 1.00f* 2.20 ± 0.70
15 48.84 32:5n-6 8.45 ± 2.76 14.30 ± 2.27 7.52 ± 2.40f* 1.51 ± 0.38g*
16 49.32 32:6n-3 31.36 ± 9.66 47.84 ± 5.48 25.11 ± 5.78f* 3.97 ± 0.97g*
17 50.00 32:4n-6 40.12 ± 11.35 80.71 ± 15.27e* 33.26 ± 8.27f* 9.20 ± 3.21
18 50.46 32:5n-3 20.20 ± 5.97 50.74 ± 9.02e* 21.53 ± 6.22f* 3.93 ± 1.35g*
19 58.49 34:6n-3 20.61 ± 8.43 25.94 ± 10.77 15.31 ± 3.80 1.71 ± 0.42
20 59.21 34:4n-6 25.37 ± 8.45 36.43 ± 5.76 16.50 ± 4.49f* 2.41 ± 0.77g*
21 59.72 34:5n-3 57.05 ± 28.08 105.06 ± 15.67 38.49 ± 16.01f* 7.35 ± 2.19
Ratio of n-6/n-3 VLC-PUFAs 0.83 ± 0.11 0.70 ± 0.11 0.83 ± 0.09 1.24 ± 0.10g*
Sum of all VLC-PUFAs 3757.77 ± 1205.26 4076.73 ± 458.17 3202.96 ± 535.34 1354.99 ± 268.34g*
a

Peak no. was shown in chromatograms of Fig. 2.

b

Retention time.

c

Number of carbon atoms: number of double bonds, the position of first double bound.

d

Mean ± SEM; young age group: n = 5, middle age group: n = 6, old age group: n = 5, age-matched AMD group: n = 8.

e

* Significant differences (P < 0.05) between young and middle age group.

f

* Significant differences (P < 0.05) between middle and old age group.

g

* Significant differences (P < 0.05) between old and age-matched AMD age group.