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Table 1 Fatty acid profile of experimental diets (% of total identified fatty acids)

From: Omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acid improves spatial learning and hippocampal Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptors (PPARα and PPARγ) gene expression in rats

 

Experimental diets

Fatty acid

CTRL

LMO

HMO

Caprylic Acid (8:0)

0.70

0.17

0.13

Capric Acid (10:0)

0.87

0.13

0.09

Lauric Acid (12:0)

6.05

0.06

0.05

Myristic Acid (14:0)

4.66

1.26

2.82

Palmitic Acid (16:0)

28.11

15.16

16.47

Palmitoleic Acid (16:1)

0.84

1.53

3.93

Stearic Acid (18:0)

6.77

4.18

4.84

Oleic Acid (18:1n-9)

29.59

20.35

26.85

Linoleic Acid (18:2n-6)

17.78

40.37

31.94

Linolenic Acid (18:3n-3)

0.28

0.37

0.27

Arachidic Acid (20:0)

1.51

2.09

2.39

Arachidonic Acid (20:4n-6)

0.15

0.13

0.29

Eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5n-3)

nd

0.92

3.40

Docosapentaenoic acid (22:5n-3)

nd

0.20

1.13

Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3)

nd

0.45

2.46

Total SFA

50.19

24.43

27.98

Total UFA

49.81

75.57

72.02

Total MUFA

31.54

33.03

32.29

Total n-3 PUFA

0.28

1.94

7.26

Total n-6 PUFA

17.99

40.59

32.47

n-6: n-3

64.25

20.92

4.47

UFA:SFA

0.99

3.09

2.57

PUFA:SFA

0.36

1.74

1.42

  1. CTRL: control, LMO: low menhaden oil, HMO: high menhaden.
  2. nd: not detected.
  3. Total SFA: sum of 8:0, 10:0, 12:0, 14:0, 16:0, 18:0 and 20:0.
  4. Total UFA: sum of 16:1, 18:1n-9, 18:2 n-6, 20:4n-6, 18:3n-3, 20:5n-3, 22:5n-3 and 22:6n-3.
  5. Total MUFA: sum of 16:1 and 18:1n-9.
  6. Total n-3PUFA: sum of 18:3n-3, 20:5n-3, 22:5n-3 and 22:6n-3.
  7. Total n-6PUFA: sum of 18:2n-6, 20:4n-6.
  8. n-6: n-3 :Total n-6 PUFA: (sum of 18:2n-6, 20:4n-6)/ Total n-3 PUFA: (sum of 18:3n-3, 20:5n-3, 22:5n-3 and 22:6n-3).
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