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. 2022 May 24;27(11):3376. doi: 10.3390/molecules27113376

Table 8.

Fatty acid profile in Zucker rat liver.

Fatty Acid 1 RI Exp. 2 RI Lit. 3 Group
CON 4 SAP 5 TERP 6
% of Total Hepatic Triacylglicerols
Myristic acid C14:0 1399 1400 2.36 7a 2.56 b 2.13 c
Palmitic acid C16:0 1598 1600 23.92 a 25.54 b 23.33 c
Palmitoleic acid C16:1ω7 1636 1632 9.56 a 10.77 c 9.02 b
Stearic acid C18:0 1800 1800 11.52 a 12.05 c 11.64 b
Elaidic acid C18:1ω9t 1821 1818 17.64 a 21.44 c 15.61 b
Oleic acid C18:1ω9 1818 1819 4.34 a 4.62 c 4.21 b
Vaccenic acid C18:1ω7 1829 1823 0.18 ab 0.23 b 0.15 a
Linoleic acid C18:2ω6 1866 1874 8.34 a 6.75 b 8.32 a
γ-Linolenic acid C18:3ω6 1899 1896 0.27 a 0.20 b 0.21 b
α-Linolenic acid C18:3ω3 1931 1928 1.79 a 1.57 b 1.40 c
Gondoic acid C20:1ω9 2018 2022 0.17 a 0.12 a 0.06 b
Dihomo-γ-linolenic acid C20:3ω6 2091 2096 1.76 a 1.14 c 1.68 b
Arachidonic acid C20:4ω6 2117 2115 9.01 a 6.61 c 11.71 b
Eicosapentaenoic acid C20:5ω3 2179 2181 1.22 a 0.78 b 1.23 a
Docosapentaenoic acid C22:5ω3 2359 2362 1.43 a 1.06 c 1.31 b
Docosahexaenoic acid C22:6ω3 2418 2416 6.44 a 4.42 c 8.03 b
FA content of the liver (µg/mg) 215 a 208 a 172 b
∑SFA 8 37.81 a 40.17 c 37.07 b
∑MUFA 9 31.96 a 37.26 c 29.05 b
∑PUFA 10 30.22 a 22.56 c 33.88 b
∑PUFAω6 19.37 a 14.71 c 21.91 b
∑PUFAω3 10.85 a 7.85 c 11.97 b

1 All compounds are expressed as GC-MS percentage of methyl esters; 2 experimental retention indices calculated against saturated fatty acids; 3 retention indices according to the Lipids Library 1.0. 4 control group; 5 rats fed a standard diet with the addition of saponin fraction; 6 rats fed a standard diet with the addition of terpenoid fraction; 7 values are mean; values followed by the same letter within a row are not significantly different (p > 0.05, Tukey’s test); 8 SFA, saturated fatty acid; 9 MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; 10 PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.