Table 1.
Details of the fatty acid composition (% rel.) of membrane phospholipids in human tissues 1.
| Fatty Acids | Adipose Tissue (% rel.) |
Red Blood Cell (% rel.) |
Liver (% rel.) |
Retina (% rel.) |
Brain (% rel.) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9c,12c-18:2 ω-6 | 10.5 | 9.3 | 17.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 |
| 5c,8c,11c,14c-20:4 ω-6 (ARA) | 0.3 | 15.2 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 7.7 |
| 20:3 ω-6 (DGLA) | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | n.d. | 1.2 |
| 20:5 ω-3 (EPA) | traces | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | traces |
| 20:6 ω-3 (DHA) | 0.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 19.7 | 7.2 |
| SFA | 27.2 | 43.1 | 42.0 | 48.2 | 45.9 |
| MUFA | 59.7 | 23.0 | 23.8 | 14.2 | 29.7 |
| PUFA | 13.1 | 33.3 | 32.0 | 37.2 | 23.4 |
| ω-6/ω-3 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.17 | 1.32 | 0.46 |
1 Data Taken from ref. [16].