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. 2012 Dec 13;33(1):e00008. doi: 10.1042/BSR20120060

Table 4. Fatty acid composition (%) of PE from liver mitochondria of mice consuming a control diet (Control-Soy, n=6), or CR diets containing soya bean oil (CR-Soy, n=6), lard (CR-Lard, n=7) or fish oil (CR-Fish, n=4).

Values are percentages of total HUFA amount. Superscripts that do not share a common letter indicate a significant difference (P<0.05) between treatments. ND, not detected. SFA, saturated fatty acid.

Fatty acid Control-Soy CR-Soy CR-Lard CR-Fish
14:0 1.3±0.1a 2.1±0.6a,b 1.7±0.3a,b 4.4±1.5b
16:0 8.4±0.9 7.6±0.5 7.5±0.3 8.0±1.3
18:0 35.4±2.1 33.1±1.7 34.5±1.3 31.3±2.6
20:0 0.21±0.05a,b 0.10±0.01b 0.14±0.02b 0.29±0.06a
24:0 ND ND ND ND
16:1, n−7 0.66±0.07a 0.70±0.09a,b 1.02±0.15a,b 0.91±0.10b
18:1, n−7 1.00±0.18a,b 1.19±0.09b 1.30±0.13b 0.84±0.04a
18:1, n−9 4.6±0.7 5.4±0.8 6.1±0.5 4.0±0.8
22:1, n−9 0.45±0.15 0.11±0.02 0.09±0.03 0.24±0.11
18:2, n−6 6.8±0.6 6.8±1.5 5.7±1.0 5.1±1.1
18:3, n−6 0.21±0.02a 0.19±0.02a,b 0.15±0.01b 0.25±0.03a
20:3, n−6 0.98±0.26 1.13±0.22 0.88±0.20 0.63±0.07
20:4, n−6 27.5±1.1a 31.1±1.5a 27.2±0.6a 17.3±1.6b
22:4, n−6 0.08±0.02 0.12±0.04 0.22±0.08 0.04±0.02
22:5, n−6 0.07±0.05a 0.15±0.07a,b 0.20±0.07a,b 0.30±0.06b
18:3, n−3 0.16±0.06 0.10±0.03 0.10±0.02 0.13±0.04
20:5, n−3 0.45±0.17a 0.22±0.08a 0.27±0.10a 6.08±0.37b
22:5, n−3 0.34±0.03a 0.37±0.03a 0.13±0.04c 1.74±0.12b
22:6, n−3 1.9±0.3a 1.2±0.1a 1.2±0.2a 7.4±0.7b
Unsaturation index 153.5±4.5a 170.0±4.8a,b 156.1±6.6a,b 177.0±9.6b
% SFA 48.3±1.1 44.4±1.7 45.7±0.8 46.1±2.1
% MUFA 7.7±0.1a,b 9.2±0.8a,b 9.8±0.7b 7.3±0.6a
% PUFA 39.0±0.9 43.1±1.5 37.1±2.6 39.5±2.0
% Total n−3 3.0±0.3a 2.0±0.1a,b 1.8±0.3b 15.8±1.0c
% Total n−6 35.8±0.7a 39.8±1.4b 34.2±2.5a,b 23.6±1.1c
HUFA 32.1±1.2a 36.1±1.0b 31.6±0.2a 34.5±2.3a,b
% n−3 HUFAa 9.3±0.9a 5.5±0.4c 6.1±1.0c 46.1±2.1b
% n−6 HUFAa 90.1±0.9a 93.2±0.2a 90.5±1.1a 53.7±2.1b