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. 2011 Oct 22;10:188. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-10-188

Table 2.

Individual fatty acids in erythrocyte membranes were expressed as relative percentages of the total fatty acids identified

FAME UNT-Y LT HT HT-D UNT-O
N = 8 N = 8 N = 7 N = 4 N = 4
Palmitic, 16:0 36.2 ± 2.9 37.0 ± 2.4 35.2 ±1.3d 37.3 ± 1.5a,e 38.0 ± 1.7a

Palmitoleic, 16:1 0.3 ± 0.2 0.4 ± 0.05 0.3 ± 0.1d 0.4 ± 0.0a,d 0.5 ± 0.1a

Stearic, 18:0 16.8 ± 0.2 15.0 ± 0.9 18.3 ± 1.4c 19.4 ± 1.5a,c,g 14.2 ± 0.8b

trans 18:1 0.1 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.2 0.1 ± 0.0 0.1 ± 0.0

Oleic, 9c-18:1 6.2 ± 0.3 6.5 ± 0.8 6.0 ± 0.6 5.4 ± 0.3b,h 5.9 ± 0.8

Vaccenic, 11c-18:1 3.3 ± 0.2 3.4 ± 0.3e 2.7 ± 0.2b,d 2.9 ± 0.3d 3.4 ± 0.4

Linoleic, 9c,12c-18:2 10.8 ± 0.5 13.2 ± 0.6 12.7 ± 0.8a 10.5 ± 1.3 d,f,h 13.5 ± 0.8a

DGLA, 20:3 n-6 0.2 ± 0.2 0.2 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.2 0.4 ± 0.1g 0.4 ± 0.2

Arachidonic, 20:4 n-6 26.6 ± 1.2 19.9 ± 1.5 20.7 ± 0.9b 19.3 ± 1.0b,f 20.0 ± 1.4b

trans-20:4 0.0 ± 0.0 1.8 ± 0.3e 0.2 ± 0.1a,d 0.6 ± 0.2a,d,e,h 1.6 ± 0.6a

EPA n-3 0.4 ± 0.3 0.2 ± 0.0 0.4 ± 0.4 0.3 ± 0.1g 0.4 ± 0.3

DHA n-3 2.0 ± 0.3 1.6 ± 0.1f 2.4 ± 0.3c 2.65 ± 0.3a,c,h 1.8 ± 0.2

Total trans 0.1 ± 0.1 1.9 ± 0.3e 0.4 ± 0.2d 0.7 ± 0.2a,d,e,h 1.7 ± 0.6a

SFA 49.9 ± 1.2 52.0 ± 2.5 53.5 ± 1.7a 57.2 ± 2.12a,c,e,g 52.2 ± 2.0

MUFA 9.6 ± 0.0 10.3 ± 0.8e 9.0 ± 0.8d 8.7 ± 0.4b,d,h 9.9 ± 0.7

PUFA 40.1 ± 1.3 35.0 ± 1.7 36.6 ± 1.5b 33.2 ± 1.9b,d,f 36.0 ± 1.3b

SFA/MUFA 5.2 ± 0.1 5.1 ± 0.5 6.0 ± 0.7a,c 6.6 ± 0.4a,c,g 5.3 ± 0.6

ω6/ω3 15.8 ± 2.9 18.8 ± 0.8e 12.1 ± 1.6b,d 10.5 ± 1.3b,d,h 15.9 ± 3.0

U.I. 152.8 ± 6.1 127.1 ± 6.4 134.9 ± 5.5b 125.51 ± 6.2b,f 130.8 ± 7.3b

PI. 136.8 ± 7.3 107.0 ± 6.9e 118.3 ± 4.7,b,c 111.6 ± 6.1b,f 111.4 ± 8.1b

All data are presented as means ± SD and are expressed as % of peak areas in the gas chromatograms. The identification of the peaks have been performed by authentic references and the identified peaks were >97% of the total GC peaks.

Superscripts show the results of ANOVA analysis, as follows:

aHigher than UNT-Y, p < 0.05;

bLower than UNT-Y, p < 0.05;

cHigher than UNT-O, p < 0.05;

dLower than UNT-O, p < 0.05;

eHigher than HT, p < 0.05;

fLower than HT, p < 0.05;

gHigher than LT, p < 0.05;

hLower than LT, p < 0.05.