Table 1. The average concentrations of various fatty acids per ovarian weight in each ovarian stage as measured in GC-MS by comparing them with the internal standard (20∶0).

Fatty acid	Stage I (µg/mg) Mean ± SD	Stage II (µg/mg) Mean ± SD	Stage III (µg/mg) Mean ± SD	Stage IV (µg/mg) Mean ± SD
14∶0	0.008±0.001	0.035±0.003	0.062±0.009	0.209±0.005
15∶0	0.016±0.002	0.029±0.002	0.033±0.004	0.165±0.023
16∶0	0.725±0.102	1.319±0.056	1.968±0.215	3.917±0.084
17∶0	0.055±0.007	0.081±0.003	0.108±0.011	0.315±0.010
18∶0	0.361±0.048	0.530±0.019	0.775±0.059	1.520±0.032
16∶1	0.033±0.005	0.095±0.009	0.159±0.024	0.52 0±0.022
18∶1	0.666±0.091	1.355±0.061	2.232±0.247	4.838±0.052
18∶2	0.525±0.074	1.027±0.057	1.704±0.226	3.974±0.104
20∶1	0.015±0.002	0.033±0.003	0.063±0.005	0.172±0.004
20∶2	0.028±0.004	0.047±0.004	0.084±0.006	0.186±0.004
20∶4	0.142±0.020	0.186±0.005	0.227±0.014	0.425±0.006
20∶5	0.182±0.026	0.354±0.020	0.407±0.036	0.908±0.023