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. 2013 Dec 31;8(12):e84871. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084871

Table 1. PUFA composition of total cellular lipids from the HEK293 cells transfected with EGFP, sEgD4 or sScD4 genes.

Mol % offatty acids EGFP sEgD4 sScD4
18∶2n-6 5.28±0.41 4.66±0.61 4.07±0.26
20∶3n-6 3.99±0.38 3.16±0.35 3.01±0.21
20∶4n-6 9.21±0.69 8.22±0.52 8.18±0.53
20∶5n-3 24.61±0.61a 24.18±0.59a 21.09±0.79b
22∶5n-3 44.17±1.12a 31.84±0.86c 34.86±0.97b
22∶6n-3 12.72±0.60b 27.92±0.74a 28.62±1.04a
DHA/DPA ratio 0.29±0.03b 0.88±0.05a 0.83±0.05a

Values are means of three measurements. Values for each fatty acid with the same superscript do not differ significantly (P<0.05) between control (EGFP), sEgD4 and sScD4.