Table 3.

Fatty acid change ratios in major lipids

	Phospholipids		Triacylglycerols		Free fatty acids
	L. infantum	L. donovani	L. infantum	L. donovani	L. infantum	L. donovani
Saturated
14:0	8.0	5.0	1.3	1.5	3.8	2.1
16:0	1.3	1.1	1.8	2.7	4.4	3.4
18:0	1.2	1.0	1.0	0.9	0.7	1.0
Monounsaturated
16:1n-9	1.0	1.8	2.8	2.3	3.0	2.4
16:1n-7	10.7	11.4	9.5	8.2	4.4	5.4
18:1n-9	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.0
18:1n-7	5.8	5.5	5.1	8.6	6.4	7.9
n-6 polyunsaturated
18:2n-6	0.3	0.4	0.6	0.7	0.3	0.3
18:3n-6	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.5	0.1	0.1
20:3n-6	0.5	0.5	0.7	1.0	0.6	0.2
20:4n-6	3.9	5.0	5.0	7.0	6.0	4.6
n-3 polyunsaturated
22:5n-3	1.5	1.5	1.1	1.0	1.2	1.2
22:6n-3	3.3	3.4	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8

Values represent the ratios Amastigote/Promastigote