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. 2012 Mar 30;7(3):e33874. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033874

Table 1. Intra- and inter-assay reproducibility of the GPL fatty acid analysis.

Intra-assay (nā€Š=ā€Š8) Inter-assay (nā€Š=ā€Š26)
Mean SD CV [%] Mean SD CV [%]
Saturated Fatty Acids
C14:0 0.35 0.01 3.7 0.32 0.04 12.6
C16:0 22.99 1.01 4.4 23.31 0.80 3.4
C17:0 0.34 0.02 4.6 0.32 0.04 11.3
C18:0 18.34 0.27 1.5 17.92 0.40 2.3
Monounsaturated Fatty Acids
C16:1n-7 0.29 0.02 7.6 0.35 0.03 8.6
C18:1n-7 1.45 0.03 2.0 1.42 0.15 10.9
C18:1n-9 14.07 0.22 1.5 13.38 0.22 1.6
C20:1n-9 0.29 0.00 3.3 0.27 0.01 4.9
n-9 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
C20:3n-9 0.11 0.00 4.2 0.11 0.01 9.5
n-6 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
C18:2n-6 11.84 0.50 4.3 12.34 0.16 1.3
C18:3n-6 0.06 0.00 3.7 0.08 0.01 10.1
C20:2n-6 0.22 0.01 6.4 0.25 0.01 5.3
C20:3n-6 2.37 0.02 1.0 2.21 0.04 1.7
C20:4n-6 15.39 0.84 5.5 15.57 0.55 3.5
C22:4n-6 2.37 0.25 10.5 3.20 0.20 6.3
C22:5n-6 0.67 0.02 3.0 0.64 0.03 5.0
n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
C18:3n-3 0.15 0.01 4.6 0.10 0.01 8.7
C20:5n-3 0.75 0.04 5.5 0.69 0.05 6.6
C22:5n-3 2.35 0.22 9.3 2.31 0.14 6.2
C22:6n-3 5.68 0.17 2.9 5.16 0.26 5.0

Mean and SD are expressed as %wt/wt.