Table 3.

Lipid class ratios to the amount of polar lipids were estimated by the Kansas Lipidomics Research Center using mass spectroscopy evaluation of lipid peak responses and internal standards. PL= polar lipid, TAG= triglyceride, DAG= diglyceride and FFA= free fatty acids.

	Control		Selected
	Unstarved	Starved	Unstarved	Starved
(F) TAG/PL	2.8 (0.14)	1.6 (0.07)	5.1 (0.58)	3.1 (0.79)
(M) TAG/PL	1.8 (0.15)	0.89 (0.02)	3.8 (0.69)	2.5 (0.61)
(F) DAG/PL	0.86 (0.14)	0.36 (0.05)	0.77 (0.18)	0.44(0.10)
(M) DAG/PL	0.39(0.49)	0.24 (0.03)	0.53 (0.13)	0.39(0.07)
(F) FFA/PL	0.31 (0.02)	0.30 (0.04)	0.26 (0.02)	0.25(0.03)
(M) FFA/PL	0.39 (0.06)	0.32 (0.05)	0.29 (0.04)	0.36(0.08)