Table 3 Fatty acid composition (%) of liver, plasma and adipose tissue of Wistar rats fed RA or CLnA as FFA or TAG. Results are expressed as means (SD) of 6 determinations.

C16:0

C18:0

16:1 n-7

18:1 n-9

18:2 n-6

20:4 n-6

RA

CLnA

19.14

23.21

1.19^a*

9.25

6.67^a*

23.08^a

0.23

ND

18.65

22.85*

1.91^b

9.17*

8.68^b

20.20^b

ND

0.42

30.67

3.14

4.46^a*

48.41a*

2.66

0.86

1.46

ND

31.73

3.33

6.56^b

42.63

3.17

0.77

ND

2.18

27.24

25.15

0.79^a*

12.24^a

14.20

10.25^a

0.24

ND

27.59

25.73

1.19^b

10.93^b

15.17

8.79^b

ND

0.25

25.71

2.13

3.69^a*

53.98^a*

4.64^a

0.30

1.39

ND

0.69

1.86

5.90^b

46.76^b

5.86^b

0.30

ND

2.69

26.70

0.71

3.15^a*

16.83

15.68^a

43.73

0.11

ND

9.98*

0.66*

4.93^b

15.53*

17.53^b

41.50

ND

0.32

22.91

2.35^a

6.56*

49.98

6.79

0.26

3.44

ND

23.93*

1.95

6.80

47.79

7.16*

0.14

ND

3.79

18.68^a

22.59^a

1.97

8.93a

7.9

21.18

0.29

ND

17.20^b

24.15^b

1.84

7.75

8.1

21.45

ND

0.32

33.93

2.89

7.04

42.89

2.58

0.71

1.24

ND

34.81

3.04

7.59

40.49

2.54

0.59

ND

1.79

28.51^a

24.61^a

1.35

11.29^a

13.48

9.75

0.26

ND

25.95^b

26.79^b

1.29

10.12^b

14.35

10.24

ND

0.27

27.80

1.80

5.97

46.37

5.61

0.34

2.63

ND

27.09

1.88

6.60

45.32

5.76

0.34

ND

3.01

8.75

0.66

5.01

14.83^a

15.34

44.73

0.26

ND

8.72

0.55

5.45

12.74

16.77

44.98

ND

0.47

25.72

2.24^a

8.12

46.69

6.05

0.17

3.03

ND

26.68

2.00

7.87

45.14

6.30

0.15

ND

3.27