The PC and TAG from the lipids of total lymph, HDL, and CM were separated on aminopropyl columns, and the fatty acid composition was determined by GC/MS. The percent of DHA recovered in PC was calculated from this data. The PC fraction contained a small amount of DHA as PE (<10%), since these two lipids were not separated in this procedure. All the remaining DHA was in TAG. The results shown are mean ± SEM. (n= 10 total lymph for LPC-DHA, n=8 for total lymph for free DHA, n=5 each HDL and CM for both micelle).
* P<0.05; ** p<0.005 free DHA vs LPC-DHA (unpaired t test)