TABLE 3.

Esterified fatty acid concentrations in heart phospholipid and triacylgylcerol from n-3 PUFA-adequate and -deficient rats

Fatty Acid	Phospholipid		Triacylglycerol
	Adequate	Deficient	Adequate	Deficient
	nmol/g heart
14:0	186 ± 55	198 ± 36	280 ± 103	367 ± 130
16:0	6,731 ± 942	6,327 ± 340	1,796 ± 485	2,150 ± 536
16:1n-7	322 ± 188	286 ± 28	212 ± 71	261 ± 85
18:0	13,344 ± 1,430	13,350 ± 478	470 ± 93	546 ± 96
18:1n-9	2,011 ± 444	2,216 ± 115	1,229 ± 283	1,433 ± 366
18:1n-7	1,881 ± 621	1,686 ± 108	347 ± 89	437 ± 96a
18:2n-6	12,140 ± 2,304	11,211 ± 824	1,290 ± 294	1,490 ± 400
18:3n-3	118 ± 44	ND	89 ± 25	9.0 ± 1.8b −90%
20:4n-6	9,793 ± 1,110	11,466 ± 414b +17%	157 ± 27	230 ± 34b +46%
20:5n-3	55 ± 8	ND	ND	ND
22:4n-6	375 ± 42	1,010 ± 87b +269%	29 ± 5	74 ± 13b +103%
22:5n-6	264 ± 29	3,989 ± 413b +1,510%	8.6 ± 2.3	72 ± 13b +837%
22:5n-3	1,062 ± 108	60 ± 5b −94%	59 ± 9	2.8 ± 0.5b −95%
22:6n-3	4,433 ± 426	344 ± 28b −92%	70 ± 15	5.1 ± 0.8b −93%
Total	52,716 ± 6,141	52,144 ± 1,661	6,039 ± 1,431	7,077 ± 1,712
Total saturated	20,262 ± 2,374	19,876 ± 752	2,547 ± 661	3,063 ± 755
Total monounsaturated	4,214 ± 714	4,188 ± 227	1,789 ± 434	2,131 ± 545
Total n-6	22,572 ± 3,196	27,676 ± 862b +122%	1,485 ± 316	1,866 ± 436a +126%
Total n-3	5,668 ± 514	404 ± 30b −93%	218 ± 38	17 ± 3b −91%
n-6/n-3	4.0	68.5	6.8	110

Values are means ± SD (n = 10 and 7 for diet-adequate and diet-deficient groups, respectively). ND, not detected.

^aP < 0.05, differs significantly from mean in adequate group.

^bP < 0.001, differs significantly from mean in adequate group.