Table 2.
Relative quantitative percentages (% rel. quant.) of fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) obtained from brain tissues of control SCID mice and tumor-bearing SCID mice at different ages 1.
| FAME | FA Family | Control (4w) |
Control (17w) |
Tumor- Bearing (4w) |
Tumor- Bearing (17w) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmitic acid (16:0) | SFA | 23.67 ± 1.27 * | 20.53 ± 0.54 ** | 25.87 ± 0.60 | 22.67 ± 0.51 ** |
| Stearic acid (18:0) | 26.20 ± 1.77 | 26.24 ± 0.40 | 23.58 ± 0.04 | 24.22 ± 0.88 * | |
| Palmitoleic acid (9c-16:1) | MUFA | 0.70 ± 0.25 | 0.79 ± 0.22 | 0.86 ± 0.01 | 0.67 ± 0.14 |
| Oleic acid (9c-18:1) | 24.02 ± 0.41 | 22.96 ± 0.75 | 20.19 ± 1.60 * | 19.32 ± 0.91 ** | |
| Vaccenic acid (11c-18:1) | 8.01 ± 1.31 | 6.76 ± 0.83 | 6.12 ± 0.83 | 6.09 ± 0.09 | |
| LNA (18:2-ω6) | 1.02 ± 0.16 | 0.95 ± 0.12 | 0.92 ± 0.02 | 1.14 ± 0.15 | |
| DGLA (20:3-ω6) | PUFA ω6 | 1.18 ± 0.07 | 0.87 ± 0.21 | 0.82 ± 0.07 | 1.04 ± 0.12 |
| ARA (20:4-ω6) | 11.06 ± 1.26 ** | 15.63 ± 0.71 * | 14.96 ± 0.07 * | 19.62 ± 1.18 ** | |
| EPA (20:5-ω3) | PUFA ω3 | 0.57 ± 0.50 | 0.53 ± 0.18 | 1.13 ± 0.29 | 1.08 ± 0.61 |
| DHA (22:6-ω3) | 3.40 ± 0.16 ** | 4.60 ± 0.20 | 4.04 ± 0.18 * | 3.67 ± 0.65 | |
| 9t-18:1 | TFA | 0.03 ± 0.02 | 0.06 ± 0.04 | 0.06 ± 0.03 | 0.10 ± 0.05 |
| mt-ARA 20:4 | 0.11 ± 0.05 | 0.09 ± 0.03 | 0.47 ± 0.05 ** | 0.37 ± 0.19 * |
1 The values are given as mean ± SD (n = 3). Statistical significances: * (p < 0.05), ** (p < 0.01).