TABLE 2.

Fatty acid percent composition of adequate and deprived n-6 PUFA diets

Fatty Acid	Adequate n-6 PUFA Diet	Deprived n-6 PUFA Diet
	% Total Fatty Acid	% Total Fatty Acid
8:0	1.01 ± 0.159	1.08 ± 0.405
10:0	3.23 ± 0.054	4.79 ± 0.316
12:0	29.26 ± 0.237	46.14 ± 0.450
14:0	11.09 ± 0.089	17.62 ± 0.174
16:0	8.65 ± 0.042	9.79 ± 0.249
16:1n-7	ND	0.12 ± 0.003
18:0	10.76 ± 0.079	9.40 ± 0.338
18:1n-9	6.79 ± 0.056	4.56 ± 0.173
18:1n-7	0.26 ± 0.002	0.21 ± 0.009
18:2n-6	24.39 ± 0.170	2.08 ± 0.076
18:3n-3	4.05 ± 0.026	3.98 ± 0.148
20:0	0.20 ± 0.002	0.13 ± 0.006
20:1n-9	0.07 ± 0.002	ND
∑ Saturated	64.21 ± 0.25	88.95 ± 0.41
∑ MUFA	7.25 ± 0.06	4.93 ± 0.19
∑ n-3 PUFA	4.10 ± 0.02	4.01 ± 0.15
∑ n-6 PUFA	24.44 ± 0.17	2.10 ± 0.08
n-6/n-3	5.9	0.5

Data are mean ± SEM. Fatty acid percent compositions were quantified by GC-FID. Levels ≤0.05% were considered nondeterminable (ND). The following fatty acids were measured but were ND in both dietary groups: 14:1n-7, 18:3n-6, 20:2n-6, 20:3n-3, 20:4n-6, 20:5n-3, 22:0, 22:1n-9, 22:6n-3, and 24:1n-9.