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Table 3 Relative percentage of fatty acids in TAG from perirenal white adipose tissue

From: Fasting enriches liver triacylglycerol with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids: implications for understanding the adipose–liver axis in serum docosahexaenoic acid regulation

Fatty acid

Ad libitum

Fasted

Adipose TAG (% weight total fatty acids)

C 10:0

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.01

C 12:0

0.09 ± 0.02

0.16 ± 0.03*

C 14:0

1.10 ± 0.08

1.16 ± 0.08

C 16:0

22.21 ± 0.51

22.28 ± 0.23

C 18:0

4.80 ± 1.25

6.29 ± 1.31

C 20:0

0.18 ± 0.05

0.26 ± 0.06

C 22:0

0.07 ± 0.02

0.07 ± 0.01

C 24:0

0.01 ± 0.01

0.05 ± 0.03

Total SFAs

28.47 ± 1.61

30.27 ± 1.61

C 12:1

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.01

C 14:1

0.05 ± 0.01

0.05 ± 0.01

C 16:1

3.90 ± 0.33

3.31 ± 0.46

C 18:1n-7

2.26 ± 0.12

2.14 ± 0.11

C 18:1n-9

32.25 ± 1.07

31.18 ± 1.05

C 20:1n-9

0.69 ± 0.10

0.75 ± 0.05

C 22:1n-9

0.06 ± 0.02

0.07 ± 0.01

C 24:1n-9

0.03 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.08

Total MUFAs

39.24 ± 1.05

37.55 ± 1.36

C 18:2n-6

28.82 ± 2.25

28.25 ± 2.33

C 18:3n-6

0.08 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.01

C 20:2n-6

0.17 ± 0.01

0.19 ± 0.01

C 20:3n-6

0.16 ± 0.02

0.15 ± 0.01

C 20:4n-6

0.33 ± 0.06

0.3 ± 0.06

C 22:2n-6

0.01 ± 0.01

0.02 ± 0.02

C 22:4n-6

0.06 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.02

C 22:5n-6

0.01 ± 0.01

n.d.

Total n-6

29.63 ± 2.33

29.07 ± 2.38

C 18:3n-3

1.60 ± 0.21

1.45 ± 0.20

C 20:3n-3

0.02 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.01*

C 20:5n-3

0.04 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.01

C 22:5n-3

0.06 ± 0.01

0.07 ± 0.02

C 22:6n-3

0.21 ± 0.05

0.26 ± 0.02

Total n-3

1.93 ± 0.28

1.85 ± 0.17

n-6/n-3

15.45 ± 1.14

15.74 ± 0.15

Total (μg/mg tissue)

15.36 ± 1.43

6.36 ± 1.47*

  1. Data are mean ± SD (n = 3–4)
  2. Significant differences between ad libitum fed and fasted mice are denoted by * p < 0.05