Table 4.
Summary of the Quantitative Results Determined for WEs, CEs, and DEs in Two Meibum Samples
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DE |
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| Mole | ||||||
| Total moles, μmol/mg meibum | 0.77 ± 0.07 | Not reported | 0.56 ± 0.03 | Not reported | α,ω Type II: 0.034 ± 0.003 | Not reported |
| ω Type I-St: 0.039 ± 0.004 | ||||||
| Saturated, % | 15 ± 1 | Not reported | 76 ± 2 | 4:1 (saturated: unsaturated)55 | α,ω Type II: 0 ω Type I-St: 9 ± 1 | Not reported |
| Unsaturated, % | 85 ± 1 | Not reported | 24 ± 1 | α,ω Type II: 100 | Not reported | |
| ω Type I-St: 91 ± 3 | ||||||
| Mass | ||||||
| Total meibum lipids, % | 48 ± 4 | 34.964 | 40 ± 2 | 29.504 | α,ω Type II: 3.4 ± 0.1 | Not reported |
| 51.1 ± 3.62 | 39.4 ± 3.12 | ω Type I-St: 4.3± 0.1 | ||||
| 41 ± 856 | 3132 | sum: 7.7 ± 0.1 | 2.3 ± 0.82 | |||
| 25.2 ± 2.68 | 66.8 ± 3.48 | 8.374 | ||||
| Saturated, % | 14 ± 1 | 18 ± 256 | 75 ± 2 | 77.224 | α,ω Type II: 0 | Not reported |
| ω Type I-St: 9 ± 1 | ||||||
| Unsaturated, % | 86 ± 1 | 82 ± 256 | 25 ± 1 | 21.52 (1.26 unidentified)4 | α,ω Type II: 100 | Not reported |
| ω Type I-St: 91 ± 3 | ||||||