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Published in final edited form as: Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2011 Jun 12;85(2):53–60. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2011.05.001

Table 3.

Fatty acid contents of brain phospholipids under the various diet conditions.

	Commercial diet	n-3PUFA diet	n-6PUFA diet	MUFA diet
n-9 series
Oleic Acid	15.5 ± 0.5	15.2 ± 0.9	15.4 ± 0.5	15.3 ± 0.7
n-6 series
LA	0.53 ± 0.03^a	0.59 ± 0.03^b	0.49 ± 0.04^a	0.52 ± 0.04^a
ARA	9.2 ± 0.9^a	9.8 ± 0.7^b	9.6 ± 0.4^b	9.75 ± 0.6^b
DPAn-6	0.40 ± 0.05^a	0.37 ± 0.06^a	0.67 ± 0.1^b	0.63 ± 0.1^b
n-3 series
ALA	0.001 ± 0.001^a	0.004 ± 0.003^b	0.000 ± 0.0000^a	0.000 ± 0.000^a
EPA	0.019 ± 0.003^a	0.03 ± 0.004^b	0.006 ± 0.001^c	0.006 ± 0.002^c
DPAn-3	0.166 ± 0.008^a	0.185 ± 0.01^b	0.102 ± 0.01^d	0.119 ± 0.01^c
DHA	16.4 ± 0.7^a	16.7 ± 0.7^a	15.6 ± 0.5^b	15.9 ± 0.8^a
n-6/n-3 ratio
ARA/DHA	0.56 ± 0.03	0.59 ± 0.03	0.60 ± 0.03	0.61 ± 0.03

Note: Results are means ± SEM and are expressed as percents of the total fatty acid content of brain phospholipids. Distinct and similar superscript letters (a, b and/or c) within a same horizontal line indicate significant (p<0.01) and not significant differences between dietary groups towards the considered fatty acid, respectively. The absence of a superscript letter throughout a horizontal line means that no significant difference between the four diet groups occurs in the levels of the considered fatty acid. Abbreviations are : LA, linoleic acid; ARA, arachidonic acid; DPAn-6, docosapentaenoic acid of the n-6 series; ALA, alpha-linolenic acid; EPA, eicosapentanoic acid; DPAn-3, docosapentaenoic acid of the n-3 series, DHA, docosahexaenoic acid. Diets have been defined in the text and in Table 1 and have been given to mice for a period 30 days before analyses of brain phospholipids. Contents in phospholipid saturated fatty acids are 100% from which are withdrawn percentages of phospholipid unsaturated fatty acids given in the table.