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. 2011 May 5;6(5):e19553. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019553

Table 1. Total concentrations of the identified tear fluid lipid classes.

class S1 (µM) S2 (µM) mean (µM) STD (µM)
PC 13.8 28.0 20.9 10.1
PE 5.3 5.2 5.2 0.1
TG 1.7 1.3 1.5 0.3
Cer 1.1 0.8 0.9 0.2
SM 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.1
PS 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0
TOTAL 22.9 36.3 29.6 9.5

The concentrations are based on the UPLC-MS data obtained from the analysis of samples S1 and S2. Cer, Ceramide; PC, phosphatidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PS, phosphatidyl-serine; SM, sphingomyelin; TG, triglyceride; TOTAL, total lipid concentration.