Table 3.
Plasma fatty acid content of experimental groups.
| Experimental Group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veh/CON | cSiO2/CON | cSiO2/low DHA | cSiO2/high DHA | ||
| Common Name | Formula | (% of total fatty acids) | |||
| Myristic | C14:0 | 0.05, 0.01 | 0.07, 0.01# | 0.07, 0.02 | 0.11, 0.05 |
| Palmitic | C16:0 | 15.25, 0.39 | 15.72, 0.69 | 17.00, 1.23 | 17.90, 1.53** |
| Palmitoleidic | C16:1ω7t | 0.02, 0.00 | 0.02, 0.01 | 0.02, 0.01 | 0.01, 0.01* |
| Palmitoleic | C16:1ω7c | 1.29, 0.19 | 1.42, 0.15 | 1.16, 0.20* | 1.49, 0.17 |
| Stearic | C18:0 | 12.57, 0.51 | 12.04, 0.41# | 11.99, 1.32 | 11.02, 1.04 |
| Elaidic | C18:1ω9t | 0.10, 0.01 | 0.10, 0.02 | 0.09, 0.02 | 0.07, 0.01** |
| Oleic | C18:1ω9c | 14.39, 0.91 | 17.43, 3.17# | 16.37, 2.91 | 16.06, 1.52 |
| Linoelaidic | C18:2ω6t | 0.14, 0.01 | 0.15, 0.02 | 0.12, 0.02 | 0.10, 0.03** |
| Linoleic | C18:2ω6c | 10.41, 1.53 | 12.32, 1.66# | 21.72, 1.31*** | 22.16, 1.71*** |
| Arachidic | C20:0 | 0.03, 0.01 | 0.04, 0.01 | 0.05, 0.01* | 0.04, 0.01 |
| Gamma-linolenic | C18:3ω6 | 0.21, 0.03 | 0.23, 0.04 | 0.16, 0.04*** | 0.13, 0.03*** |
| Eicosanoic | C20:1ω9 | 0.30, 0.04 | 0.32, 0.03 | 0.33, 0.05 | 0.28, 0.08 |
| Linolenic | C18:3ω3 | 0.01, 0.00 | 0.02, 0.01 | 0.02, 0.01 | 0.02, 0.01 |
| Eicosadienoic | C20:2ω6 | 0.12, 0.03 | 0.12, 0.01 | 0.24, 0.07** | 0.17, 0.07 |
| Benehinic | C22:0 | 0.39, 0.09 | 0.35, 0.09 | 0.27, 0.14 | 0.19, 0.10* |
| Dihomo-Gamma-linolenic | C20:3ω6 | 1.29, 0.14 | 1.16, 0.14 | 2.42, 0.59** | 2.03, 0.66* |
| Arachidonic | C20:4ω6 | 37.14, 1.96 | 32.63, 4.35# | 12.80, 2.44*** | 5.84, 1.31*** |
| Lignoceric | C24:0 | 0.02, 0.01 | 0.02, 0.00 | 0.02, 0.01 | 0.02, 0.01 |
| Eicosapentaenoic | C20:5ω3 | 0.03, 0.00 | 0.04, 0.01# | 2.75, 1.08** | 6.70, 2.41*** |
| Nervonic | C24:1ω9 | 0.20, 0.05 | 0.20, 0.05 | 0.21, 0.08 | 0.20, 0.08 |
| Adrenic | C22:4ω6 | 0.23, 0.02 | 0.26, 0.04 | 0.05, 0.01*** | 0.02, 0.01*** |
| Docosapentaenoic ω6 | C22:5ω6 | 1.28, 0.12 | 1.15, 0.26 | 0.02, 0.01* | 0.01, 0.01*** |
| Docosapentaenoic ω3 | C22:5ω3 | 0.06, 0.01 | 0.07, 0.03 | 0.26, 0.04*** | 0.42, 0.06*** |
| Docosahexaenoic | C22:6ω3 | 4.44, 0.14 | 4.12, 0.24## | 11.87, 0.54*** | 14.95, 1.65*** |
| ∑ SFA | 28.33, 0.24 | 28.24, 0.56 | 29.40, 0.61** | 29.28, 0.75** | |
| ∑ MUFA | 16.31, 1.12 | 19.49, 3.15# | 18.17, 2.78 | 18.11, 1.49 | |
| ∑ n-3 PUFA | 4.54, 0.13 | 4.25, 0.21## | 14.91, 0.96*** | 22.10, 1.40*** | |
| ∑ n-6 PUFA | 50.82, 0.90 | 48.02, 3.07# | 37.52, 2.29*** | 30.51, 2.28*** | |
| EPA+DHA | 4.47, 0.14 | 4.16, 0.24## | 14.62, 0.97*** | 21.65, 1.36*** | |
| % ω3 in HUFA | 10.18, 0.44 | 10.83, 1.21 | 49.29, 4.89*** | 73.39, 4.71*** | |
Determined by GLC. All fatty acids represented as percent of total fatty acids and as mean ± SEM, n = 8. Number signs indicate significantly different than Veh/CON:
#
p < 0.05,
##
p < 0.01. Asterisks indicate significantly different than cSiO2/CON:
*
p < 0.05,
**
p < 0.01,
***
p < 0.001.