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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2010 Nov 8;35(2):229–234. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2010.01338.x

Table 2. FA-related lipids significantly altered by alcohol in the liver (n = 10 in each group).

Liver Ethanol-fed mice Pair-fed control
pmol/mg mean SD mean SD P
18:0 Cer 8.1 1.1 6.0 1.1 0.0118
18:0/18:2 PC 186.0 36.5 141.6 16.2 0.0375
18:0/18:1 PC 128.4 18.8 97.2 8.6 0.0097
22:6 LPE 3.7 1.1 1.9 0.5 0.0122
16:0 Cer 27.3 3.7 21.6 3.2 0.0302
22:5 FA 25.9 11.4 53.9 10.0 0.0033
20:4 LPA 2.41 0.52 3.17 0.45 0.0378
20:4 LPC 13.8 3.6 20.3 4.2 0.0311
16:0/20:4 PC 683.3 50.8 889.6 79.7 0.0012
18:1 LPA 0.29 0.10 0.44 0.09 0.0383

Cer: ceramide, PC: phosphatidylcholine, LPE: lysophosphatidylethanolamine, FA: fatty acid, LPA: lysophosphatidic acid, LPC: lysophosphatidylcholine