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. 2013 Sep 6;8(9):e74021. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074021

Table 1. Composition in FA in whole hypothalamus measured by GS-MS and expressed in percentage.

Hypothalamus Cortex
SH ILH SH ILH
Saturated FAs Myristic acid 14∶0 0.029±0.002 0.027±0.002 0.038±0.002 0.035±0.002
Palmitic acid 16∶0 30.53±0.32 30.60±0.31 36.40±0.5 36.71±0.47
Stearic acid 18∶0 29.65±0.36 29.94±0.32 34.00±0.4 34.13±0.29
MUFAs Oleic acid 18∶1 ω9 22.01±0.22 22.11±0.19 13.85±0.4 13.45±0.34
Vaccenic acid 18∶1 ω7 6.75±0.15 6.16±0.20* 4.10±0.2 3.98±0.15
PUFAs Linoleic acid 18∶2 ω6 0.032±0.002 0.034±0.004 0.032±0.004 0.028±0.001
Arachidonic acid 20∶4 ω6 5.72±0.16 6.01±0.16 6.33±0.2 6.39±0.20
Docohexanoic acid 22∶6 ω3 5.27±0.21 5.13±0.19 5.24±0.2 5.27±0.17
% Saturated FAs 60.2±0.5 60.6±0.4 70.4±0.4 70.9±0.5
MUFAs 28.8±0.3 28.3±0.2 18.0±0.4 17.4±0.5
PUFAs 11.0±0.3 11.2±0.3 11.6±0.4 11.7±0.2
ratio MUFAs/PUFAs 2.62±0.08 2.55±0.08 1.56±0.08 1.50±0.05
MUFAs/Saturated FAs 0.48±0.01 0.47±0.01 0.26±0.01 0.25±0.01
PUFAs/Saturated FAs 0.18±0.01 0.18±0.01 0.16±0.01 0.17±0.00
*

p<0.05 vs. SH group.