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. 2012 Jul 10;11:70. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-11-70

Table 6.

Effects of different forms of n-3 FA on main hepatic FA composition

Group C16:0 C16:1n-6 C18:0 C18:1n-9 C18:2n-6 C20:4n-6 C22:6n-3
LF-Control
21.8 ± 0.3a
1.75 ± 0.16ab
13.3 ± 1.0a
20.1 ± 1.9 a
12.5 ± 2.0a
11.7 ± 1.3a
8.5 ± 0.3a
LF-TG
24.0 ± 0.2b
2.08 ± 0.17b
13.5 ± 0.3a
18.5 ± 1.3ab
9.0 ± 0.2b
7.72 ± 0.12b
12.7 ± 0.4bd
LF-FFA
24.0 ± 0.2b
1.77 ± 0.21ab
14.1 ± 0.8a
19.6 ± 1.6ab
10.1 ± 0.4ab
7.27 ± 0.20b
11.3 ± 0.4c
LF-EE
23.2 ± 1.0ab
1.40 ± 0.21a
14.0 ± 1.2a
15.8 ± 1.3bc
12.1 ± 0.5a
8.71 ± 0.56b
11.8 ± 0.4bc
LF-PL
25.1 ± 0.4b
1.66 ± 0.29ab
14.6 ± 1.1a
13.9 ± 1.1c
12.9 ± 0.5a
8.06 ± 0.24b
13.7 ± 0.2d
HF-Control
22.6 ± 0.4e
0.81 ± 0.07e
13.7 ± 0.5e
15.7 ± 1.1e
16.0 ± 1.4e
12.2 ± 0.7e
7.9 ± 0.2 e
HF-TG
23.2 ± 0.8ef
0.74 ± 0.19e
13.7 ± 1.1e
13.8 ± 1.3e
16.3 ± 1.1e
8.14 ± 0.52f
11.9 ± 0.4f
HF-FFA
24.0 ± 0.9ef
0.86 ± 0.21e
13.7 ± 1.1e
14.9 ± 1.7e
16.1 ± 0.9e
8.31 ± 0.43f
11.4 ± 0.7f
HF-EE
24.6 ± 0.4f
0.97 ± 0.07e
11.9 ± 0.2e
16.4 ± 0.8e
17.5 ± 0.5e
8.05 ± 0.19f
10.8 ± 0.5f
HF-PL 24.7 ± 0.8f 0.95 ± 0.08e 13.7 ± 0.9e 14.6 ± 0.9e 17.5 ± 0.9e 7.78 ± 0.52f 12.1 ± 0.2f

a–d At low fat level, means in one column sharing the same superscript letter are not significantly different determined by Duncan Multiple (P > 0.05)

e–f At high fat level, means in one column sharing the same superscript letter are not significantly different determined by Duncan Multiple (P > 0.05)