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. 2019 Mar 29;10:348. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00348

Table 2.

Total content and percent (%) distribution of fatty acyl tails from whole muscle, mitochondrial and sarcolemmal membrane fractions before (Pre) and after (Post) 12 weeks of fish oil supplementation.

Whole muscle nmol/g dry mass
Mitoch=ondria nmol/mg protein
Sarcolemma nmol/mg protein
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post
SFA 24450 ± 1348 35852 ± 4416 291 ± 11 272 ± 10 395 ± 65 562 ± 65
MUFA 4522 ± 337 9033 ± 1576 38 ± 2 34 ± 1 48 ± 9 61 ± 6
n-6 26442 ± 1764 37350 ± 4742 293 ± 31 249 ± 19 67 ± 14 78 ± 9
n-3 1895 ± 117 7424 ± 1007 14 ± 2 45 ± 5 15 ± 3 23 ± 3
Whole muscle (%)
Mitochondria (%)
Sarcolemma (%)
Pre Post Pre Post Pre Post

SFA 42.8 ± 0.9 40.0 ± 1.0 46.6 ± 2.5 45.7 ± 2.1 76.1 ± 2.0 76.9 ± 1.9
MUFA 7.9 ± 0.4 10.1 ± 1.1 6.1 ± 0.4 5.7 ± 0.4 9.0 ± 0.6 8.8 ± 0.8
n-6 46.0 ± 1.1 41.6 ± 0.8 45.1 ± 2.8 41.1 ± 2.6 11.9 ± 1.3 11.0 ± 0.9
n-3 3.3 ± 0.2 8.3 ± 0.6 2.2 ± 0.2 7.5 ± 0.7 3.0 ± 0.4 3.3 ± 0.4

Values represent means ± SEM. Significantly different from Pre. SFA, Saturated fatty acids; MUFA, Monounsaturated fatty acids; n-6, omega-6; n-3, omega-3.