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

Table 2. PUFA composition of total cellular lipids from the HEK293 cells transfected with EGFP, sN3 or sN3D4.

Mol % offatty acids EGFP sN3 sN3D4
n-6 PUFAs
18∶2n-6 50.52±1.29a 32.99±1.13b 35.47±0.92b
20∶4n-6 28.92±0.87a 17.45±0.64b 18.77±0.71b
22∶4n-6 10.30±0.59a 4.87±0.44b 5.22±0.51b
Total 89.74±1.41a 55.31±0.96c 59.46±0.99b
n-3 PUFAs
18∶3n-3 0.64±0.03c 19.48±0.31a 16.14±0.27b
20∶5n-3 1.41±0.08b 11.86±0.22a 10.99±0.18a
22∶5n-3 3.92±0.11b 8.84±0.20a 4.12±0.13b
22∶6n-3 4.27±0.18b 4.61±0.16b 9.27±0.25a
Total 10.24±0.30c 44.79±1.07a 40.52±0.91b
n-6/n-3 ratio 8.76±0.27a 1.23±0.06b 1.46±0.07b

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), sN3 and N3D4.