Table S3.

Effect of dietary lipids on fatty acid % composition of liver measured by gas chromatography

Diet	16:0	18:0	18:1	18:2	18:3 (n-6)	18:3 (n-3)	20:4	20:5	22:6
Control (9)	17.1±4.3	15.4±1.9	12.7±2.0	11.9±0.5	0.3±0.1	0.2±0.1	21.6±2.3	0.2±0.1	6.8±0.3
High fat (10)	18.3±0.3	19.0±1.3	12.9±15.0	15.0±0.8	0.4±0.1	0.4±0.1	20.4±1.1	0.3±0.1	5.5±0.4
High fat+olive oil (9)	14.6±2.4	19.5±0.7	14.9±1.6	12.1±1.0	0.3±0.1	0.2±0.1	23.8±0.4	0.2±0.1	6.9±0.5
High fat+safflower oil (9)	15.3±0.7	18.7±0.5	8.9±0.4	19.0±1.3*,+	0.7±0.2	0.3±0.1	23.3±1.1	0.3±0.1	5.2±0.3
High fat+flaxseed oil (9)	17.8±0.3	16.2±2.0	11.1±0.8	15.0±0.4	0.3±0.1	4.3±0.6*,+	14.8±1.1*,+	3.5±0.6*,+	7.0±0.7
High fat+evening primrose oil (8)	15.8±0.7	20.3±0.7*	7.2±0.4	17.4±1.0*	0.7±0.1	0.5±0.2	26.0±0.7+	0.4±0.2	4.1±0.2*
High fat+menhaden oil (9)	18.7±0.9	17.4±0.6	8.4±0.6	13.6±0.3	0.3±0.2	0.5±0.1	14.3±0.8*,+	5.2±0.5*,+	13.0±0.4*,+

Notes: Data are presented as the mean±standard error of mean.

^*p<0.05 compared to control;

⁺p<0.05 compared to high fat. The number of animals in each group is shown in parenthesis.