Figure 2. Absolute concentrations of the lipid species in the synovial fluid from non-operated right (R) joint and from DMM-operated left (L) joint.
(A,C,E,G) are FA plots with higher concentrations, while (B,D,F,H) are FA plots with lower concentrations. The ω-3 mice had significantly higher absolute concentrations of pentadecylic acid and most ω-3 PUFAs in synovial fluid from both non-operated and DMM joints. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA with Tukey’s post-hoc was performed to evaluate the effect of diet and surgery on each lipid concentration. Different letters are significantly different from each other (p < 0.05).