Table 4.

Fatty acid desaturases (FADs) indexes FAD indexes were determined as the ratio between product and precursor.

Desaturases	STD		HFHS		HFHS + ω3
Ratios	Mean	s.d. a	Mean	s.d. a	Mean	s.d. a
SCD-16 [16:1ω7/16:0]	0.07	0.01	0.10 *	0.02	0.09 *	0.01
SCD-18 [18:1ω9/18:0]	0.87	0.12	1.82 *	0.28	1.57 *	0.21
Δ4D = [22:6ω3/22:5ω3]	3.53	0.21	7.94 *	1.02	8.07 *	0.82
Δ5D = [20:4ω6/20:3ω6]	60.22	4.02	26.90 *	4.24	18.00 *	1.45
Δ6D = [20:3ω6/18:2ω6]	0.01	0.00	0.06	0.01	0.07	0.00
Δ6D = [18:3ω6/ 18:2ω6]	0.02	0.00	0.02	0.00	0.02	0.00
Δ5D/Δ6D = [20:5ω3/18:3ω3]	0.47	0.04	1.06 *	0.06	3.37 *	0.48

^a s.d. standard deviation; * Pb.05 vs. STD control group.