Table 2.

PCA results from fat composition in four wombat tissues. (PC1 loading values are presented for 11 individual fatty acids and three acid type summations (total polyunsaturated, total saturated, total monounsaturated). PC1 loading values ≥ 0.3 in italics.)

		adipose	bone marrow	brain	muscle
fatty acid	typea	83.8%	55.4%	86.8%	75.1%
C16 : 0 palmitic	SFA	−0.19	0.31	−0.17	0.22
C18 : 0 stearic	SFA	0.24	−0.31	0.02	0.02
C18 : 1 oleic	MUFA	−0.31	0.35	0.29	0.16
C20 : 1 eicosenoic	MUFA	0.01	−0.01	0.33	0.00
omega-6	PUFA	0.55	−0.43	−0.05	−0.56
C18 : 2 n-6 linoleic	PUFA	0.12	−0.10	−0.11	−0.52
C20 : 4 n-6 arachidonic	PUFA	0.30	−0.14	0.02	−0.04
C22 : 4 n-6 docosatetraenoic	PUFA	0.04	−0.02	0.04	0.00
omega-3	PUFA	−0.28	−0.09	−0.35	0.09
C18 : 3 n-3 alpha-linolenic	PUFA	−0.39	0.06	−0.24	0.11
C22 : 6 n-3 docosahexaenoic	PUFA	0.02	−0.02	−0.07	−0.01
total polyunsaturated	—	0.27	−0.51	−0.40	−0.47
total saturated	—	0.04	0.07	−0.21	0.26
total monounsaturated	—	−0.32	0.44	0.60	0.19

^aSFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.