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

Table 7.

Effects of different forms of n-3 fatty acid on main cerebral FA composition in mice

Group C14:0 C16:0 C18:0 C18:1n-9 C18:2n-6 C20:4n-6 C22:6n-3
LF-Control
3.2 ± 0.8ab
25.0 ± 3.6a
27.9 ± 4.1ab
19.9 ± 1.1ab
0.53 ± 0.22a
8.2 ± 1.8a
15.2 ± 2.5a
LF-TG
2.6±0.6b
23.4±3.6a
30.1±3.2a
18.5±0.4b
0.52±0.08a
8.4±1.2a
16.5±2.8a
LF-FFA
3.4±0.5a
26.9±2.5a
25.5±1.3b
20.6±1.4a
0.63±0.15a
8.3±0.9a
14.6±2.1a
LF-EE
2.8 ± 0.3ab
25.8 ± 2.0a
26.0 ± 0.6ab
18.8 ± 1.8b
0.6 ± 0.09a
9.0 ± 0.5a
14.9 ± 2.2a
LF-PL
2.8±0.4ab
25.0±3.4a
28.2±3.5ab
19.0±1.2b
0.6±0.07a
8.6±0.8a
15.8±1.9a
HF-Control
2.5±0.5c
25.4±0.9c
25.9±0.9c
18.8±0.6c
0.74±0.02c
10.2±1.2c
16.4±1.1c
HF-TG
2.7 ± 0.3c
23.7 ± 3.0c
29.2 ± 5.4c
17.6 ± 1.7c
0.81 ± 0.12cd
8.8 ± 0.8d
17.3 ± 0.5cd
HF-FFA
2.6 ± 0.3c
23.0 ± 3.0c
28.3 ± 3.3c
17.8 ± 1.1c
0.94 ± 0.28d
9.4 ± 0.7cd
17.9 ± 1.2d
HF-EE
2.5±0.7c
23.9±2.3c
26.7±2.6c
18.3±0.6c
0.78±0.08cd
9.9±0.2cd
17.9±1.1d
HF-PL 2.3±0.5c 22.7±2.6c 27.5±2.8c 18.0±0.6c 0.77±0.11cd 10.4±1.2c 18.2±1.5d

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

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