TABLE 2.
Relative Percent of Phospholipids | ||||||
PC/PL (%) | PE/PL (%) | PI/PL (%) | PS/PL (%) | PC:PE | TAG/TL (%) | |
Wild-type | 46.2 (1.7)a | 40.8 (1.5)a | 6.5 (0.4)a | 3.9 (0.7)a | 1.13a | 50.0 (0.3)a |
fard-1(wa2) | 39.6 (1.1)b | 46.7 (1.5)b | 6.7 (0.4)a | 4.8 (0.8)a | 0.85b | 48.6 (1.2)a |
ads-1(wa3) | 36.4 (0.3)b | 46.2 (0.7)b | 7.5 (0.2)b | 5.2 (0.4)a | 0.79b | 48.4 (0.7)a |
Values are the average (SD) from three independent lipid extractions of young adult stage C. elegans. Those not sharing a common letter within the same column differ (P < 0.05). PL, phospholipids; TL, total lipids.