TABLE 2.
Typical composition of a different lipoprotein fractions of a healthy donor obtained from the analysis of the 1D spectra
| Serum | VLDL | IDL | LDL | HDL2 | HDL3 | |
| Relative Molar Ratio [%] | ||||||
| Total cholesterol | 54.7 | 35.6 | 57.4 | 67.1 | 54.5 | 46.4 |
| Cholesterol | 14.3 ± 0.9 | 13.5 ± 2.1 | 19.2 ± 3.4 | 18.6 ± 0.1 | 14.4 ± 0.3 | 7.0 ± 0.1 |
| CE | 40.5 ± 0.9 | 22.0 ± 2.1 | 38.3 ± 3.4 | 48.4 ± 0.1 | 40.1 ± 0.3 | 39.3 ± 0.1 |
| Ratio CE/cholesterol | 2.84 | 1.63 | 1.99 | 2.60 | 2.78 | 5.61 |
| SLs | 6.9 ± 2.3 | 4.0 ± 0.9 | 6.5 ± 0.8 | 6.0 ± 1.8 | 5.9 ± 2.4 | 8.0 ± 0.4 |
| PGs | 25.2 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 22.0 | 33.8 | 38.4 |
| Ratio PG/SL | 3.6 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 4.8 |
| TG | 9.0 | 37.8 | 13.2 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| Plasmalogenes | 4.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Choline | 24.0 ± 0.1 | 19.0 ± 5.3 | 18.9 ± 5.0 | 21.1 ± 4.7 | 32.3 ± 3.8 | 36.5 ± 2.5 |
| Ethanolamine | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Inositol | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Ratio CE/TG | 4.5 | 0.6 | 2.9 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 8.0 |
| FAs | 110.3 | 177.4 | 113.2 | 92.1 | 106.9 | 115.6 |
| Saturated FAs | 31.7 | 40.3 | 45.4 | 39.2 | 45.4 | 49.2 |
| Average chain length | 16.5 | 16.4 | 17.0 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 17.1 |
| Unsaturated FAs | 68.3 | 59.6 | 54.6 | 60.8 | 54.6 | 50.8 |
| Monounsaturated | 24.1 | 28.5 | 13.7 | 12.4 | 7.0 | 2.2 |
| Diunsaturated | 31.9 | 22.8 | 30.3 | 37.0 | 34.4 | 33.6 |
| Triunsaturated | 12.3 | 8.3 | 10.6 | 11.5 | 13.2 | 15.0 |
Values given correspond to the molar ratio relative to the sum of total cholesterol, TGs, and PLs and were calculated from the NMR spectra of the lipid extracts.