Table 2.
PUFA profiles in each compartment (weight % of total fatty acids)
| 18:2n-6 | 18:3n-6 | 20:2n-6 | 20:3n-6 | 20:4n-6 | 22:4n-6 | 22:5n-6 | n-6PUFA | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADB | 6.60 | ± | 0.72 | 0.02 | ± | 0.00 | 0.11 | ± | 0.01 | 0.13 | ± | 0.03 | 0.96 | ± | 0.17 | 0.20 | ± | 0.04 | 0.09 | ± | 0.02 | 8.12 | ± | 1.04 |
| ADW | 10.0 | ± | 0.30 | 0.05 | ± | 0.01 | 0.08 | ± | 0.01 | 0.04 | ± | 0.00 | 0.25 | ± | 0.01 | 0.04 | ± | 0.00 | 0.02 | ± | 0.00 | 10.52 | ± | 0.31 |
| Bone | 10.6 | ± | 0.38 | 0.06 | ± | 0.00 | 0.19 | ± | 0.01 | 0.43 | ± | 0.02 | 7.35 | ± | 0.18 | 1.01 | ± | 0.03 | 0.44 | ± | 0.02 | 20.12 | ± | 0.56 |
| Brain | 0.58 | ± | 0.03 | 0.00 | ± | 0.00 | 0.16 | ± | 0.00 | 0.42 | ± | 0.01 | 8.39 | ± | 0.11 | 2.82 | ± | 0.02 | 0.60 | ± | 0.02 | 12.98 | ± | 0.15 |
| Carcass | 11.3 | ± | 0.38 | 0.06 | ± | 0.01 | 0.16 | ± | 0.01 | 0.44 | ± | 0.03 | 6.96 | ± | 0.41 | 0.78 | ± | 0.05 | 0.41 | ± | 0.03 | 20.13 | ± | 0.80 |
| Eye | 1.43 | ± | 0.13 | 0.17 | ± | 0.03 | 0.00 | ± | 0.00 | 0.10 | ± | 0.01 | 0.90 | ± | 0.09 | 0.17 | ± | 0.02 | 0.05 | ± | 0.01 | 2.82 | ± | 0.21 |
| Fur | 9.57 | ± | 0.47 | 0.05 | ± | 0.01 | 0.10 | ± | 0.01 | 0.13 | ± | 0.01 | 1.32 | ± | 0.09 | 0.33 | ± | 0.02 | 0.10 | ± | 0.01 | 11.60 | ± | 0.49 |
| Heart | 12.9 | ± | 0.79 | 0.03 | ± | 0.00 | 0.12 | ± | 0.01 | 0.43 | ± | 0.03 | 18.7 | ± | 0.67 | 0.92 | ± | 0.03 | 0.99 | ± | 0.05 | 34.07 | ± | 1.11 |
| Intestine | 6.44 | ± | 0.24 | 0.05 | ± | 0.00 | 0.21 | ± | 0.02 | 0.84 | ± | 0.08 | 12.3 | ± | 0.86 | 1.99 | ± | 0.13 | 0.37 | ± | 0.02 | 22.17 | ± | 1.12 |
| Kidney | 6.20 | ± | 0.32 | 0.06 | ± | 0.01 | 0.16 | ± | 0.01 | 0.79 | ± | 0.03 | 23.4 | ± | 1.01 | 0.52 | ± | 0.01 | 0.19 | ± | 0.01 | 31.37 | ± | 0.85 |
| Liver | 7.86 | ± | 0.98 | 0.20 | ± | 0.05 | 0.11 | ± | 0.02 | 0.32 | ± | 0.05 | 12.2 | ± | 1.43 | 0.28 | ± | 0.05 | 0.32 | ± | 0.03 | 21.28 | ± | 1.85 |
| Lung | 5.60 | ± | 0.09 | 0.07 | ± | 0.00 | 0.16 | ± | 0.01 | 0.43 | ± | 0.02 | 11.1 | ± | 0.36 | 2.12 | ± | 0.08 | 0.39 | ± | 0.02 | 19.89 | ± | 0.40 |
| Muscle | 10.7 | ± | 0.37 | 0.05 | ± | 0.00 | 0.10 | ± | 0.01 | 0.26 | ± | 0.04 | 3.82 | ± | 0.49 | 0.29 | ± | 0.04 | 0.29 | ± | 0.04 | 15.50 | ± | 0.88 |
| Pancreas | 10.1 | ± | 0.35 | 0.28 | ± | 0.02 | 0.13 | ± | 0.01 | 0.61 | ± | 0.06 | 17.6 | ± | 1.26 | 0.61 | ± | 0.06 | 0.41 | ± | 0.03 | 29.75 | ± | 1.51 |
| Plasma | 10.2 | ± | 0.42 | 0.22 | ± | 0.04 | 0.09 | ± | 0.01 | 0.44 | ± | 0.05 | 25.3 | ± | 1.64 | 0.34 | ± | 0.05 | 0.45 | ± | 0.04 | 37.05 | ± | 1.55 |
| RBC | 6.15 | ± | 0.27 | 0.06 | ± | 0.01 | 0.20 | ± | 0.01 | 0.56 | ± | 0.03 | 23.4 | ± | 0.42 | 1.43 | ± | 0.09 | 0.71 | ± | 0.02 | 32.54 | ± | 0.65 |
| SG | 10.8 | ± | 0.30 | 0.22 | ± | 0.01 | 0.27 | ± | 0.01 | 2.98 | ± | 0.15 | 16.5 | ± | 0.27 | 0.57 | ± | 0.01 | 0.37 | ± | 0.02 | 31.63 | ± | 0.65 |
| Skin | 11.8 | ± | 0.29 | 0.06 | ± | 0.01 | 0.09 | ± | 0.01 | 0.08 | ± | 0.01 | 1.29 | ± | 0.14 | 0.15 | ± | 0.02 | 0.05 | ± | 0.00 | 13.49 | ± | 0.37 |
| SPC | 0.78 | ± | 0.03 | 0.01 | ± | 0.00 | 0.39 | ± | 0.01 | 0.70 | ± | 0.02 | 4.55 | ± | 0.07 | 1.95 | ± | 0.04 | 0.21 | ± | 0.01 | 8.59 | ± | 0.09 |
| Spleen | 4.59 | ± | 0.17 | 0.03 | ± | 0.01 | 0.41 | ± | 0.02 | 0.82 | ± | 0.04 | 22.1 | ± | 0.30 | 2.69 | ± | 0.07 | 0.60 | ± | 0.02 | 31.23 | ± | 0.31 |
| Stomach | 7.97 | ± | 0.43 | 0.07 | ± | 0.01 | 0.10 | ± | 0.01 | 0.38 | ± | 0.16 | 5.34 | ± | 1.00 | 0.46 | ± | 0.08 | 0.13 | ± | 0.02 | 14.45 | ± | 1.42 |
| Testes | 4.31 | ± | 0.14 | 0.11 | ± | 0.01 | 0.18 | ± | 0.01 | 1.04 | ± | 0.03 | 16.4 | ± | 0.31 | 2.52 | ± | 0.09 | 15.6 | ± | 0.78 | 40.15 | ± | 0.75 |
| Thymus | 5.12 | ± | 0.19 | 0.03 | ± | 0.00 | 0.62 | ± | 0.04 | 0.74 | ± | 0.06 | 14.6 | ± | 0.70 | 1.60 | ± | 0.09 | 0.28 | ± | 0.01 | 23.04 | ± | 0.96 |
| 18:3n-3 | 20:5n-3 | 22:5n-3 | 22:6n-3 | n-3PUFA | n-6%HUFA | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADB | 0.54 | ± | 0.04 | 0.04 | ± | 0.01 | 0.14 | ± | 0.04 | 0.38 | ± | 0.08 | 1.10 | ± | 0.17 | 72.3 | ± | 1.1 |
| ADW | 1.33 | ± | 0.03 | 0.01 | ± | 0.00 | 0.03 | ± | 0.00 | 0.08 | ± | 0.01 | 1.46 | ± | 0.03 | 74.5 | ± | 0.7 |
| Bone | 0.68 | ± | 0.03 | 0.15 | ± | 0.02 | 0.93 | ± | 0.08 | 3.54 | ± | 0.13 | 5.30 | ± | 0.20 | 66.7 | ± | 0.6 |
| Brain | 0.01 | ± | 0.00 | 0.01 | ± | 0.00 | 0.17 | ± | 0.01 | 12.2 | ± | 0.10 | 12.43 | ± | 0.11 | 49.6 | ± | 0.2 |
| Carcass | 0.82 | ± | 0.03 | 0.15 | ± | 0.02 | 0.83 | ± | 0.07 | 3.50 | ± | 0.24 | 5.30 | ± | 0.28 | 65.8 | ± | 0.7 |
| Eye | 0.14 | ± | 0.02 | 0.10 | ± | 0.01 | 0.08 | ± | 0.01 | 0.77 | ± | 0.09 | 1.09 | ± | 0.09 | 56.5 | ± | 1.0 |
| Fur | 1.26 | ± | 0.06 | 0.03 | ± | 0.00 | 0.11 | ± | 0.01 | 0.36 | ± | 0.03 | 1.76 | ± | 0.08 | 79.3 | ± | 0.9 |
| Heart | 0.25 | ± | 0.02 | 0.15 | ± | 0.01 | 1.18 | ± | 0.09 | 7.85 | ± | 0.49 | 9.42 | ± | 0.49 | 69.7 | ± | 0.6 |
| Intestine | 0.43 | ± | 0.04 | 0.23 | ± | 0.03 | 0.69 | ± | 0.06 | 2.08 | ± | 0.13 | 3.43 | ± | 0.17 | 83.7 | ± | 0.5 |
| Kidney | 0.26 | ± | 0.03 | 0.42 | ± | 0.04 | 0.48 | ± | 0.04 | 2.78 | ± | 0.07 | 3.94 | ± | 0.14 | 87.0 | ± | 0.7 |
| Liver | 0.53 | ± | 0.12 | 0.30 | ± | 0.05 | 0.55 | ± | 0.08 | 5.85 | ± | 0.65 | 7.24 | ± | 0.72 | 65.9 | ± | 1.0 |
| Lung | 0.41 | ± | 0.02 | 0.29 | ± | 0.02 | 1.03 | ± | 0.07 | 1.93 | ± | 0.06 | 3.66 | ± | 0.10 | 81.2 | ± | 0.5 |
| Muscle | 0.82 | ± | 0.05 | 0.11 | ± | 0.02 | 0.65 | ± | 0.11 | 2.81 | ± | 0.38 | 4.40 | ± | 0.45 | 56.9 | ± | 0.8 |
| Pancreas | 0.36 | ± | 0.04 | 1.52 | ± | 0.12 | 0.59 | ± | 0.06 | 2.40 | ± | 0.17 | 4.88 | ± | 0.29 | 80.9 | ± | 0.7 |
| Plasma | 0.51 | ± | 0.05 | 0.60 | ± | 0.08 | 0.59 | ± | 0.09 | 4.60 | ± | 0.32 | 6.30 | ± | 0.41 | 82.0 | ± | 1.0 |
| RBC | 0.13 | ± | 0.02 | 0.39 | ± | 0.04 | 1.68 | ± | 0.15 | 4.32 | ± | 0.13 | 6.52 | ± | 0.27 | 80.4 | ± | 0.7 |
| SG | 0.29 | ± | 0.02 | 0.89 | ± | 0.05 | 0.71 | ± | 0.04 | 2.17 | ± | 0.07 | 4.06 | ± | 0.12 | 84.4 | ± | 0.4 |
| Skin | 1.34 | ± | 0.02 | 0.03 | ± | 0.00 | 0.10 | ± | 0.01 | 0.26 | ± | 0.03 | 1.72 | ± | 0.04 | 80.6 | ± | 0.4 |
| SPC | 0.03 | ± | 0.00 | 0.04 | ± | 0.00 | 0.28 | ± | 0.01 | 5.09 | ± | 0.14 | 5.44 | ± | 0.15 | 57.9 | ± | 0.6 |
| Spleen | 0.11 | ± | 0.01 | 0.28 | ± | 0.02 | 1.52 | ± | 0.09 | 2.59 | ± | 0.06 | 4.50 | ± | 0.11 | 85.6 | ± | 0.4 |
| Stomach | 0.78 | ± | 0.06 | 0.13 | ± | 0.02 | 0.19 | ± | 0.03 | 0.56 | ± | 0.09 | 1.65 | ± | 0.12 | 87.6 | ± | 0.7 |
| Testes | 0.06 | ± | 0.02 | 0.09 | ± | 0.01 | 0.11 | ± | 0.01 | 2.61 | ± | 0.17 | 2.86 | ± | 0.20 | 92.7 | ± | 0.6 |
| Thymus | 0.28 | ± | 0.02 | 0.13 | ± | 0.02 | 0.38 | ± | 0.04 | 0.77 | ± | 0.04 | 1.57 | ± | 0.07 | 93.1 | ± | 0.3 |
Footnote: data were presented as mean ± SEM (n=8–9). Data for adrenal gland (ATL) and bladder were not available. “0.0” indicates values were less than 0.05, “0.00” indicates values were less than 0.005.