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Table 6 Fatty acid composition of serum phospholipids

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

μg fatty acid/100 μl serum

% weight total fatty acids

Ad libitum

Fasted

Ad libitum

Fasted

C 10:0

0.03 ± 0.04

0.01 ± 0.01

0.03 ± 0.04

0.02 ± 0.01

C 12:0

0.11 ± 0.06

0.11 ± 0.06

0.14 ± 0.07

0.13 ± 0.06

C 14:0

0.26 ± 0.10

0.38 ± 0.07*

0.34 ± 0.09

0.45 ± 0.09

C 16:0

19.37 ± 5.16

26.09 ± 2.63*

24.94 ± 2.67

30.32 ± 0.67*

C 18:0

17.29 ± 5.89

16.68 ± 2.91

22.07 ± 2.28

19.31 ± 2.19

C 20:0

0.17 ± 0.09

0.20 ± 0.06

0.21 ± 0.08

0.24 ± 0.07

C 22:0

0.25 ± 0.12

0.24 ± 0.04

0.31 ± 0.10

0.28 ± 0.06

C 23:0

0.18 ± 0.07

0.12 ± 0.02

0.23 ± 0.05

0.15 ± 0.05*

C 24:0

0.23 ± 0.06

0.21 ± 0.04

0.29 ± 0.04

0.25 ± 0.08

Total SFAs

37.95 ± 10.85

44.35 ± 5.23

48.64 ± 1.04

51.50 ± 2.32

C 14:1

0.09 ± 0.12

0.14 ± 0.07

0.10 ± 0.15

0.15 ± 0.07

C 16:1

0.48 ± 0.19

0.46 ± 0.10

0.63 ± 0.19

0.55 ± 0.15

C 18:1n-7

2.00 ± 0.80

1.40 ± 0.15

2.54 ± 0.55

1.63 ± 0.11

C 18:1n-9

7.64 ± 3.34

6.62 ± 0.87

9.67 ± 2.99

7.75 ± 1.22

C 20:1n-9

0.25 ± 0.10

0.23 ± 0.05

0.32 ± 0.06

0.27 ± 0.05

C 22:1n-9

0.22 ± 0.12

0.24 ± 0.09

0.28 ± 0.09

0.28 ± 0.10

C 24:1n-9

0.67 ± 0.19

0.69 ± 0.20

0.85 ± 0.07

0.81 ± 0.22

Total MUFAs

11.34 ± 4.48

9.79 ± 1.16

14.39 ± 3.51

11.44 ± 1.52

C 18:2n-6

11.44 ± 2.75

13.37 ± 3.09

14.85 ± 1.62

15.40 ± 2.26

C 18:3n-6

0.10 ± 0.04

0.12 ± 0.03

0.12 ± 0.04

0.14 ± 0.03

C 20:2n-6

0.26 ± 0.11

0.21 ± 0.04

0.33 ± 0.07

0.24 ± 0.03

C 20:3n-6

0.91 ± 0.66

0.68 ± 0.15

1.29 ± 0.87

0.79 ± 0.14

C 20:4n-6

7.85 ± 2.53

9.50 ± 1.97

10.34 ± 2.84

11.00 ± 1.59

C 22:2n-6

0.11 ± 0.04

0.09 ± 0.02

0.13 ± 0.02

0.11 ± 0.03

C 22:4n-6

0.15 ± 0.08

0.18 ± 0.03

0.19 ± 0.08

0.21 ± 0.02

C 22:5n-6

0.24 ± 0.12

0.19 ± 0.05

0.32 ± 0.14

0.23 ± 0.08

Total n-6

21.07 ± 4.54

24.34 ± 5.14

27.58 ± 3.62

28.11 ± 3.76

C 18:3n-3

0.14 ± 0.09

0.07 ± 0.04

0.16 ± 0.09

0.08 ± 0.05

C 20:3n-3

0.04 ± 0.07

0.04 ± 0.04

0.05 ± 0.06

0.05 ± 0.05

C 20:5n-3

0.21 ± 0.08

0.14 ± 0.02

0.26 ± 0.06

0.16 ± 0.01*

C 22:5n-3

0.20 ± 0.05

0.23 ± 0.04

0.26 ± 0.07

0.27 ± 0.02

C 22:6n-3

3.45 ± 0.73

4.66 ± 0.60*

4.60 ± 1.17

5.43 ± 0.53

Total n-3

4.03 ± 0.77

5.14 ± 0.64

5.34 ± 1.01

5.98 ± 0.49

n-6/n-3

5.21 ± 0.32

4.71 ± 0.58

5.21 ± 0.32

4.71 ± 0.58

Total

74.52 ± 19.14

83.72 ± 9.80

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