. 2012 Oct 31;11:147. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-11-147

Table 9.

Liver neutral lipids fatty acid composition of rats after 7 weeks of treatment

Diet groups	C	COA	HF	HFOA	p value
Fatty acids(% molar)
14:0	0.95 ± 0.06^a	0.88 ± 0.32^a	0.51 ± 0.17^b	0.64 ± 0.29^ab	0.030
16:0	25.53 ± 2.22	24.39 ± 2.73	22.84 ± 0.55	23.07 ± 1.80	N.S
16:1	3.75 ± 1.00^a	3.41 ± 0.74^a	0.34 ± 0.03^b	0.40 ± 0.07^b	< 0.001
18:0	6.06 ± 1.76	5.75 ± 2.58	5.42 ± 1.32	4.39 ± 0.86	N.S
18:1n-7 + n-9	35.06 ± 4.60^b	35.84 ± 3.57^b	32.97 ± 1.90^b	41.00 ± 2.48^a	0.005
18:2n-6	11.41 ± 1.96^b	11.20 ± 2.91^b	15.14 ± 1.57^a	14.61 ± 1.36^a	0.008
18:3n-3	0.46 ± 0.20	0.54 ± 0.16	0.62 ± 0.06	0.65 ± 0.10	N.S
20:1n-9	0.14 ± 0.01^c	0.40 ± 0.06^a	0.15 ± 0.00^c	0.28 ± 0.00^b	< 0.001
20:4n-6	3.89 ± 0.45	3.39 ± 0.81	3.27 ± 0.78	3.64 ± 1.44	N.S
20:5n-3	0.13 ± 0.04^b	0.33 ± 0.16^a	0.15 ± 0.04^b	0.19 ± 0.05^b	0.011
22:5n-3	0.16 ± 0.03^b	0.35 ± 0.10^a	0.12 ± 0.01^b	0.41 ± 0.15^a	< 0.001
22:6n-3	1.09 ± 0.07^b	1.58 ± 0.17^a	1.02 ± 0.19^b	1.14 ± 0.06^b	0.004
SFA	32.75 ± 1.26^a	31.02 ± 2.41^a	28.77 ± 1.65^b	28.72 ± 0.9^b	0.002
MUFA	38.88 ± 4.19^ab	42.15 ± 5.39^a	33.60 ± 2.06^b	42.97 ± 4.00^a	0.007
Total n-3	1.88 ± 0.16^b	2.68 ± 0.43^a	1.94 ± 0.27^b	2.78 ± 0.68^a	0.043
Total n-6	14.96 ± 2.01	14.14 ± 2.48	20.40 ± 4.18	19.52 ± 3.55	N.S
Δ9 desaturase index	0.85 ± 0.05	0.86 ± 0.05	0.86 ± 0.03	0.89 ± 0.03	N.S
MUFA / SFA	1.19 ± 0.15^b	1.55 ± 0.24^a	1.17 ± 0.06^b	1.49 ± 0.09^a	0.004
n-6 / n-3	7.37 ± 0.94^ab	5.56 ± 0.60^c	8.44 ± 0.84^a	7.25 ± 0.66^b	0.001

Results are expressed as mean ± SD (n=5). After a one-way ANOVA, Student–Newman–Keuls (SNK) multiple comparison test, results are arranged in increasing order from left to right: a > b > c (p < 0.05). C, control; COA, control + O. aurita; HF, high fat; HFOA, high fat + O. aurita. N.S: Not significant. Δ9 desaturase index = [18:1n-7 + n-9/(18:0 + 18:1n-7 + n-9)].