Table 3.
Relative quantitative percentages (% rel. quant.) of fatty acid methyl families and ratios/indices obtained from brain tissues of control SCID mice and tumor-bearing SCID mice at different ages 1.
| FA Family | Index | Control (4w) |
Control (17w) |
Tumor- Bearing (4w) |
Tumor- Bearing (17w) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFA | 49.87 ± 0.50 ** | 46.77 ± 0.83 * | 49.45 ± 0.56 | 46.89 ± 0.47 | |
| MUFA | 32.74 ± 1.68 | 30.51 ± 0.48 | 27.16 ± 2.44 | 26.09 ± 0.83 ** | |
| PUFA ω6 | 13.26 ± 1.16 ** | 17.45 ± 0.61 * | 16.70 ± 0.01 * | 21.79 ± 1.36 ** | |
| PUFA ω3 | 3.98 ± 0.66 | 5.13 ± 0.33 | 5.17 ± 0.46 | 4.76 ± 0.42 | |
| PUFA 1 | 17.24 ± 1.36 ** | 22.58 ± 0.51 ** | 21.87 ± 0.45 * | 26.55 ± 0.94 ** | |
| TFA | 0.15 ± 0.04 | 0.14 ± 0.04 | 0.52 ± 0.01 ** | 0.47 ± 0.23 ** | |
| SFA/MUFA | 1.53 ± 0.09 | 1.53 ± 0.05 | 1.83 ± 0.19 | 1.80 ± 0.05 ** | |
| SFA/PUFA | 2.90 ± 0.22 ** | 2.07 ± 0.08 ** | 2.26 ± 0.02 * | 1.77 ± 0.08 ** | |
| ω6/ω3 | 3.39 ± 0.58 | 3.41 ± 0.29 | 3.25 ± 0.29 | 4.62 ± 0.72 | |
| Unsaturation Index (UI) | 105.87 ± 4.48 ** | 127.78 ± 2.38 ** | 121.17 ± 0.11 * | 137.40 ± 2.14 ** | |
| Peroxidation Index (PI) | 79.13 ± 6.76 ** | 105.94 ± 2.22 ** | 102.15 ± 3.22 * | 118.22 ± 1.88 ** |
1 PUFA = % PUFA ω-3+ % PUFA ω-6. Statistical significance: * (p < 0.05), ** (p < 0.01).