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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Nutr Biochem. 2010 Nov 26;22(8):758–765. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2010.06.008

TABLE 3. Non-labeled fatty acid compositions in rat heart and brain (wt% of total fatty acids).

Fatty Acids Heart Brain


Control Diet DHA Diet Control Diet DHA Diet

10:0 0.017 ± 0.003 0.017 ± 0.003 ND ND
12:0 1.07 ± 0.11 1.08 ± 0.13 0.01 ± 0.00 0.01 ± 0.00 a**
14:0 1.67 ± 0.15 1.65 ± 0.16 0.20 ± 0.01 0.21 ± 0.02
16:0 15.04 ± 0.57 15.61 ± 0.58 18.94 ± 0.16 18.76 ± 0.12
18:0 18.76 ± 0.52 18.72 ± 0.56 16.84 ± 0.16 16.70 ± 0.08
20:0 0.11 ± 0.003 0.12 ± 0.00 0.42 ± 0.01 0.41 ± 0.01
22:0 0.06 ± 0.003 0.07 ± 0.004 b* 0.34 ± 0.01 0.34 ± 0.01
24:0 0.08 ± 0.005 0.07 ± 0.004 0.58 ± 0.03 0.57 ± 0.03
12:1 0.02 ± 0.002 0.02 ± 0.002 ND ND
14:1 0.12 ± 0.01 0.11 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.01 0.04 ± 0.01
16:1n-7 2.16 ± 0.24 1.99 ± 0.26 0.35 ± 0.01 0.36 ± 0.004
18:1n-9 11.47 ± 0.92 10.51 ± 0.98 17.86 ± 0.10 18.36 ± 0.09 b***
18:1n-7 3.77 ± 0.07 3.26 ± 0.07 a*** 4.05 ± 0.04 4.02 ± 0.02
20:1n-9 0.12 ± 0.01 0.11 ± 0.01 a* 2.13 ± 0.05 2.20 ± 0.03
22:1n-9 0.02 ± 0.001 0.01 ± 0.000 0.20 ± 0.01 0.21 ± 0.003
24:1n-9 0.08 ± 0.01 0.03 ± 0.01 a*** 1.77 ± 0.12 1.81 ± 0.11
18:3n-3 0.27 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.02 0.005 ± 0.000 0.007 ± 0.000 b***
20:5n-3 0.11 ± 0.01 0.30 ± 0.01 b*** 0.02 ± 0.001 0.05 ± 0.001 b***
22:5n-3 1.08 ± 0.05 1.01 ± 0.04 0.16 ± 0.01 0.21 ± 0.003 b***
22:6n-3 9.64 ± 0.44 14.59 ± 0.65 b*** 14.00 ± 0.12 14.64 ± 0.10 b***
24:5n-3 ND ND 0.03 ± 0.002 0.05 ± 0.001 b***
24:6n-3 ND ND 0.10 ± 0.006 0.14 ± 0.002 b***
18:2n-6 11.74 ± 0.39 12.70 ± 0.35 b* 0.48 ± 0.01 0.59 ± 0.01 b***
18:3n-6 0.03 ± 0.001 0.02 ± 0.001 a*** ND ND
20:2n-6 0.09 ± 0.01 0.09 ± 0.002 0.13 ± 0.004 0.15 ± 0.004 b***
20:3n-6 0.35 ± 0.02 0.43 ± 0.01 b*** 0.37 ± 0.01 0.44 ± 0.01 b***
20:4n-6 17.82 ± 0.67 13.90 ± 0.58 a*** 8.87 ± 0.06 8.40 ± 0.04 a***
22:2n-6 0.03 ± 0.00 0.03 ± 0.003 0.06 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.00
22:4n-6 0.70 ± 0.03 0.31 ± 0.01 a*** 3.08 ± 0.02 2.82 ± 0.02 a***
22:5n-6 0.78 ± 0.05 0.13 ± 0.01 a*** 0.38 ± 0.01 0.22 ± 0.01 a***
24:4n-6 ND ND 0.42 ± 0.02 0.41 ± 0.007
24:5n-6 ND ND 0.10 ± 0.005 0.09 ± 0.002
Σ SFA 36.80 ± 0.33 37.32 ± 0.32 37.33 ± 0.27 37.01 ± 0.12
Σ MUFA 17.74 ± 1.14 16.04 ± 1.26 26.39 ± 0.20 27.00 ± 0.14 b*
Σ PUFA 42.63 ± 1.35 43.79 ± 1.42 27.56 ± 0.17 27.73 ± 0.15
HUFA n-3 10.83 ± 0.49 15.91 ± 0.69 b*** 14.32 ± 0.12 15.08 ± 0.11 b***
HUFA n-6 19.68 ± 0.72 14.81 ± 0.61 a*** 13.27 ± 0.09 12.44 ± 0.06 a***
HUFA n6/n3 1.85 ± 0.04 0.94 ± 0.02 a*** 0.93 ± 0.01 0.83 ± 0.01 a***
Total Fatty Acids (μmol/g wet weight tissue)
62.2 ± 5.1 59.2 ± 3.5 97.8 ± 1.4 95.1 ± 1.1

Footnotes are same as those for Table 2.