Table 1. PUFA composition of total cellular lipids from the CHO cells transfected with EGFP or sScD4 genes.
| Mol % of fatty acids | EGFP | sScD4 |
| 14∶0 | 4.6±0.42 | 4.5±0.31 |
| 16∶0 | 2.1±0.34 | 1.6±0.22 |
| 18∶0 | 19.2±2.13 | 20.3±2.51 |
| 18∶1n-9 | 24.4±3.35 | 23.6±2.87 |
| 18∶1n-7 | 9.1±1.86 | 10.9±1.94 |
| 18∶2n-6 | 4.2±0.93 | 4.5±1.17 |
| 20∶3n-6 | 1.4±0.38 | 1.6±0.35 |
| 20∶4n-6 | 5.8±1.69 | 6.3±2.12 |
| 20∶5n-3 | 3.3±0.89 | 2.3±0.81 |
| 22∶5n-3 | 20.2±1.62a | 14.4±1.46b |
| 22∶6n-3 | 4.0±0.95b | 9.2±0.94a |
Values are means of three measurements. Values for each fatty acid with different superscripts differ significantly (P<0.05) between control (EGFP), sEgD4 and sScD4.