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. 2020 Mar 20;12(3):824. doi: 10.3390/nu12030824

Table 4.

Fatty acid content (%) in heart fractions obtained with the Bodennec et al. [63] method.

Neutral lipids Ceramides Glycosphingolipids Sphingomyelins
SD HFD SD HFD SD HFD SD HFD
16:0 26.2 ± 2.02 24.1 ± 2.08 29.6 ± 4.12 24.3 ± 0.54 43.0 ± 4.14 33.7 ± 0.79 * 24.1 ± 2.13 22.3 ± 1.71
18:0 8.51 ± 1.38 8.59 ± 0.43 16.1 ± 2.74 11.9 ± 1.00 * 34.5 ± 2.80 31.2 ± 1.85 24.6 ± 1.34 25.6 ± 1.29
Other SFAs 6.38 ± 0.62 5.56 ± 0.42 12.9 ± 2.43 8.61 ± 1.81 6.02 ± 2.45 4.64 ± 0.25 2.11 ± 0.12 1.64 ± 0.16 **
SFAs 41.1 ± 1.26 38.3 ± 2.33 58.6 ± 8.77 44.8 ± 2.91 * 83.5 ± 4.68 69.6 ± 1.43 ** 50.8 ± 3.13 49.6 ± 2.97
16:1 8.28 ± 0.99 3.99 ± 0.58 ** 4.98 ± 0.58 4.19 ± 0.69 1.55 ± 0.38 1.53 ± 0.74 1.34 ± 0.09 0.54 ± 0.05 #
18:1 44.0 ± 1.14 42.7 ± 2.02 29.8 ± 7.31 35.5 ± 2.93 9.02 ± 1.70 10.6 ± 0.95 22.6 ± 1.85 14.4 ± 0.52 #
Other MUFAs 2.79 ± 0.63 1.59 ± 0.25 2.52 ± 0.52 1.53 ± 0.23 * 0.31 ± 0.11 0.17 ± 0.01 0.47 ± 0.08 0.28 ± 0.03 **
MUFAs 55.1 ± 1.25 48.2 ± 2.00 * 37.3 ± 7.89 41.2 ± 2.03 10.9 ± 1.32 12.3 ± 1.63 24.4 ± 1.90 15.2 ± 0.57 #
18:2 n-6 (LA) 3.43 ± 1.26 9.70 ± 0.10 ** 2.71 ± 0.82 8.86 ± 1.27 # 1.74 ± 0.68 4.20 ± 0.30 ** 6.00 ± 0.96 8.15 ± 1.55 *
20:4 n-6 (ARA) 0.30 ± 0.27 1.20 ± 0.14 * 0.75 ± 0.35 1.99 ± 0.29 ** 2.21 ± 1.34 6.63 ± 0.21 ** 9.07 ± 1.66 12.4 ± 1.09 *
22:4 n-6 (AdA) 0.07 ± 0.05 0.47 ± 0.06 ** 0.05 ± 0.03 0.37 ± 0.02 # 0.07 ± 0.04 0.36 ± 0.01 # 0.33 ± 0.07 0.70 ± 0.07 #
Other n-6 PUFAs 0.19 ± 0.12 0.90 ± 0.17 ** 0.23 ± 0.09 0.59 ± 0.11 ** 0.50 ± 0.40 0.90 ± 0.10 2.98 ± 0.71 2.34 ± 0.14
18:3 n-3 (ALA) 0.02 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.02 0.04 ± 0.01 0.04 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.01 0.01 ± 0.01 0.02 ± 0.01
20:5 n-3 (EPA) 0.22 ± 0.15 0.16 ± 0.04 0.4 ± 0.23 0.18 ± 0.06 0.43 ± 0.17 0.09 ± 0.02 * 1.39 ± 0.24 0.18 ± 0.02 #
22:5 n-3 (DPA) 0.12 ± 0.10 1.01 ± 0.14 ** 0.08 ± 0.04 0.88 ± 0.07 # 0.15 ± 0.12 1.35 ± 0.16 # 0.72 ± 0.20 2.57 ± 0.39
22:6 n-3 (DHA) 0.12 ± 0.08 0.84 ± 0.12 ** 0.32 ± 0.13 1.39 ± 0.07 # 1.07 ± 0.86 4.81 ± 0.23 # 4.75 ± 1.43 9.08 ± 0.64 #
Other n-3 PUFAs 0.013 ± 0.005 0.02 ± 0.01 0.010 ± 0.007 0.03 ± 0.01 * 0.02 ± 0.01 0.04 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.03 #
PUFA 4.47 ± 2.01 14.3 ± 0.70 ** 4.61 ± 1.61 14.3 ± 1.04 # 6.24 ± 3.57 18.4 ± 0.37 ** 25.4 ± 5.05 35.5 ± 3.43 *

p-value from t-tests: * p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, # p < 0.001; AdA–adrenic acid (22:4 n-6); ALA–α-linolenic acid (18:3 n-3); ARA–arachidonic acid (20:4 n-6); DHA–docosahexaenoic acid (22:6 n-3); DPA–docosapentaenoic acid (22:5 n-3); EPA–eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5 n-3); LA–linoleic acid (18:2 n-6); MUFA–monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA–polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA–saturated fatty acids. Bold represents main groups of fatty acids. SD – mice fed standard diet; HFD – mice fed high fat diet