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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Nutr Food Res. 2013 Jul 4;57(8):1378–1389. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201200827

Table 3. Oxylipin concentrations in serum (nM).

Baseline (B), Placebo supplement (P) and ω-3 supplement (ω-3)

Class PUFA Oxylipin Baseline (B) Placebo supplement (P) ω-3 supplement (ω-3) p-values Fold Change [Cω-3]/[CP]1
Av2 CV3 Av CV Av CV B/P B/ω-3 P/ω-3 Av CV
ω-3 ALA 9-HOTrE 0.71 86 0.71 116 0.53 50 9.9E-01 1.7E-01 1.9E-01 1.0 57
13-HOTrE 0.80 90 0.74 111 0.51 52 8.4E-01 7.8E-02 8.8E-02 0.9 47
15(16)-EpODE 3.9 83 3.7 115 2.4 75 9.1E-01 6.8E-02 3.2E-02 0.8 52
15,16-DiHODE 7.1 47 8.7 78 6.2 54 3.4E-01 2.9E-01 1.4E-02 0.8 32
Sum (n=4) 13 53 14 90 10 54 6.6E-01 1.2E-01 2.2E-02 0.8 33
EPA 12-HEPE 2.4 291 0.55 87 6.9 188 2.0E-01 1.3E-01 2.2E-02 27 228
15-HEPE 0.07 129 0.10 114 0.56 88 3.2E-01 1.3E-05 2.4E-05 17 112
11,12-DiHETE 0.04 83 0.05 103 0.22 59 2.7E-01 1.1E-07 2.6E-07 6.1 68
14,15-DiHETE 0.07 60 0.09 87 0.36 55 3.7E-01 6.5E-08 2.2E-07 4.9 58
17,18-DiHETE 0.47 48 0.56 80 2.2 59 3.9E-01 3.9E-07 5.1E-07 4.5 58
Sum (n=5) 3.1 236 1.3 73 10.2 141 2.6E-01 3.1E-02 5.1E-03 9.0 124
DHA 10(11)-EpDPE 0.25 74 0.24 111 0.47 77 9.2E-01 4.2E-03 7.2E-03 2.5 58
4,5-DiHDPE 0.79 79 0.91 75 2.0 57 5.0E-01 1.5E-05 4.2E-05 2.7 48
10,11-DiHDPE 0.19 71 0.24 154 0.38 55 5.2E-01 2.2E-05 8.1E-02 2.4 52
13,14-DiHDPE 0.22 63 0.23 76 0.38 41 8.0E-01 9.8E-06 2.6E-04 2.0 41
16,17-DiHDPE 0.30 49 0.33 76 0.50 40 6.0E-01 1.6E-05 4.3E-03 1.7 38
Sum (n=5) 1.7 65 1.9 85 3.7 49 6.1E-01 4.6E-06 1.8E-04 2.3 39
ω-6 LA 9,12,13-TriHOME 3.5 67 3.3 56 3.2 55 7.5E-01 6.3E-01 8.9E-01 1.2 52
9,10,13-TriHOME 1.7 60 1.6 59 1.6 55 7.0E-01 8.0E-01 8.9E-01 1.3 63
9-HODE 13 81 13 103 9 43 9.7E-01 1.2E-01 1.1E-01 0.9 46
13-HODE 23 79 23 83 17 49 9.3E-01 5.0E-02 5.8E-02 0.9 42
9-KODE 2.9 122 2.2 153 1.9 104 5.2E-01 2.0E-01 6.5E-01 1.5 87
9,10-DiHOME 3.7 73 4.5 102 2.5 52 4.4E-01 3.3E-02 2.2E-02 0.8 70
12,13-DiHOME 6.8 61 7.6 80 5.0 46 5.9E-01 5.1E-02 1.8E-02 0.8 53
9(10)-EpOME 4.1 101 3.2 125 2.4 99 4.2E-01 9.1E-02 3.4E-01 1.1 79
12(13)-EpOME 6.1 93 4.6 91 3.5 76 2.9E-01 5.0E-02 1.8E-02 1.0 67
Sum (n=9) 65 68 63 86 46 40 8.8E-01 3.6E-02 7.8E-02 0.9 44
DGLA 15-HETrE 0.67 100 0.54 62 0.46 45 3.8E-01 7.5E-02 1.4E-01 0.9 43
Sum (n=1) 0.67 100 0.54 62 0.46 45 3.8E-01 7.5E-02 1.4E-01 0.9 42
AA PGE2 0,34 251 0.06 108 0.16 156 1.2E-01 3.1E-01 9.0E-02 6.2 233
TXB2 3.1 139 1.1 69 1.4 127 3.1E-02 7.7E-02 3.8E-01 2.1 156
5-HETE 1.7 103 1.2 78 1.1 45 2.6E-01 7.1E-02 6.5E-01 1.2 50
8-HETE 0.55 235 0.23 154 0.31 87 2.5E-01 3.3E-01 3.3E-01 9.1 179
11-HETE 0.77 200 0.29 100 0.38 87 1.4E-01 1.7E-01 2.9E-01 3.0 162
12-HETE 43 168 11 93 17 144 4.1E-02 9.3E-02 2.9E-01 2.8 163
15-HETE 2.0 129 1.3 52 1.3 45 2.0E-01 1.3E-01 7.4E-01 1.1 44
12-KETE 4.0 154 1.7 81 3.3 152 8.7E-02 2.9E-01 1.5E-01 6.1 318
15-KETE 0.39 230 0.15 130 0.25 102 2.1E-01 4.2E-01 8.7E-02 2.9 93
5(6)-EpETrE 0.51 89 0.38 50 0.34 85 1.7E-01 8.7E-02 5.5E-01 1.0 82
8(9)-EpETrE 0.37 94 0.27 90 0.22 101 2.2E-01 7.3E-02 4.8E-01 1.2 97
11(12)-EpETrE 0.43 134 0.29 97 0.29 130 2.5E-01 2.6E-01 9.6E-01 1.5 103
14(15)-EpETrE 0.48 140 0.32 82 0.38 105 2.8E-01 5.0E-01 5.8E-01 1.5 81
5(6)-DiHETrE 0.29 65 0.26 63 0.19 40 5.1E-01 2.4E-03 3.3E-02 0.8 38
8(9)-DiHETrE 0.31 74 0.33 101 0.22 45 8.2E-01 1.7E-02 9.3E-02 0.8 38
11(12)-DiHETrE 0.75 62 0.70 70 0.51 30 7.3E-01 4.0E-03 6.3E-02 0.9 33
14(15)-DiHETrE 0.91 67 0.91 81 0.64 26 9.8E-01 1.3E-02 6.6E-02 0.8 29
Sum (n=17) 60 153 20 64 28 106 4.7E-02 8.7E-02 2.8E-01 1.8 121
Sum (n-15)4 13 109 7.8 63 7.7 45 1.1E-01 5.1E-02 9.4E-01 1.2 53
1

The fold change in oxylipin serum concentrations (C) comparing subjects following ω-3 supplementation (ω-3) and placebo supplementation (P), i.e., [Cω-3]/[CP]

2

Average

3

Coefficient of variance

4

Excluding 12-HETE and 12-KETE