TABLE 3.

PL fatty acid composition in tissues of JCR:LA-cp rats fed control or experimental diets for 8 weeks

	Control		VA		CLA		VA+CLA
Fatty Acidsa	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM	Mean	SEM
Liver
16:0	16.4b	0.7	12.9a	0.3	15.7b	0.4	14.6ab	0.5
cis-9 18:1 (OA)	6.0b	0.3	3.9a	0.1	5.2b	0.2	3.6a	0.1
trans-11-VA	0.2a	0.1	1.6c	0.0	0.7b	0.0	1.6c	0.1
cis-9, trans-11 CLA	ND	—	ND	—	0.6b	0.0	0.3a	0.0
20:4 n6 (AA)	19.7a	0.7	25.2b	0.5	18.5a	0.7	24.2b	0.6
VAT
16:0	10.8	1.2	9.5	0.1	11.3	1.3	10.3	0.1
cis-9 18:1 (OA)	11.8b	0.3	11.6b	0.2	10.0a	0.2	9.8a	0.2
trans-11 VA	0.4a	0.1	1.8c	0.0	0.7b	0.1	1.9c	0.0
cis-9, trans-11 CLA	ND	—	ND	—	0.8b	0.1	0.6a	0.0
20:4 n6 (AA)	15.0	1.3	13.9	0.2	14.5	0.9	14.1	0.3
Hypothalamus
16:0	17.6	0.3	17.1	0.3	17.2	0.4	18.2	0.4
cis-9 18:1 (OA)	21.4	0.3	21.9	0.2	21.0	0.7	20.7	0.6
trans-11 VA)	ND	—	0.1b	0.0	0.04a	0.0	0.1b	0.0
cis-9, trans-11 CLA	ND	—	ND	0.0	0.1c	0.0	0.08b	0.0
20:4 n6 (AA)	9.9	0.2	9.6	0.2	10.2	0.5	10.3	0.6
Muscle
16:0	19.8	1.9	21.3	0.7	21.0	0.6	17.1	0.8
cis-9 18:1 (OA)	5.3	0.4	5.3	0.4	5.7	0.4	4.6	0.4
trans11 VA	0.1a	0.1	1.0b	0.0	0.1a	0.1	1.2b	0.1
cis-9, trans-11 CLA	ND	—	ND	—	ND	—	ND	—
20:4 n6 (AA)	11.7a	0.3	13.0b	0.3	11.8ab	0.4	10.8a	0.3
Jejunal mucosa
16:0	13.2	0.5	11.6	0.3	13.0	0.3	12.5	0.8
cis-9 18:1 (OA)	8.3b	0.1	7.2ab	0.4	7.7b	0.6	5.6a	0.4
trans-11 VA	0.4a	0.0	1.5c	0.1	0.6b	0.1	1.4c	0.1
cis-9, trans-11 CLA	ND	—	ND	—	0.5b	0.0	0.2a	0.0
20:4 n6 (AA)	14.5	0.6	18.3	1.5	14.7	1.5	20.0	1.6

Values are mean ± SEM, n = 5. Means in a row with superscripts without a common letter differ, P < 0.05. OA, oleic acid; ND, not detectable.

^aGrams per 100 grams total fatty acids.