Figure 1. Accumulation of lipids in the livers of n-3 PUFA depleted mice.

Oil red staining performed on frozen liver sections of fasted mice fed a control (CT) or n-3 PUFA-depleted (DEF) diet for 3 months. Bar = 50 µm (A). TG, free cholesterol and esterified cholesterol content in the livers of mice fed a control (CT) or n-3 PUFA-depleted (DEF) diet for 3 months. Data are the mean ± SEM. ^*: mean values significantly different (P<0.05, Student's t-test) (B).