Table 3 Cardiac phospholipids fatty acid profiles (% of total fatty acids) from rats fed experimental diets for 2 or 6 months.

CTL

DHA

ALA

CTL

DHA

ALA

9.8 ± 0.56

11.5 ± 0.52

11.2 ± 0.78

10.0 ± 0.76

12.3 ± 0.42

11.4 ± 0.49

24.9 ± 0.38

24.7 ± 0.32

25.5 ± 0.43

25.5 ± 0.48

24.7 ± 0.47

25.0 ± 0.36

3.5 ± 0.27

3.2 ± 0.15

3.6 ± 0.30

3.5 ± 0.14

3.2 ± 0.30

3.8 ± 0.09

2.9 ± 0.24^a

2.2 ± 0.06^b

2.6 ± 0.13^ab

2.7 ± 0.11

1.9 ± 0.26

2.7 ± 0.07

20.5 ± 2.32

17.2 ± 1.39

20.9 ± 1.18

19.7 ± 1.63^ab

17.8 ± 0.65^b

22.7 ± 0.40^a

<0.1^b

<0.1^b

0.8 ± 0.05^a

<0.1^b

<0.1^b

0.9 ± 0.04^a

24.6 ± 0.66^a

12.3 ± 0.32^c

16.2 ± 0.46^b

26.6 ± 0.73^a *

12.2 ± 0.26^c

15.4 ± 0.32^b

$

<0.1^c

0.9 ± 0.05^b

1.4 ± 0.06^a

<0.1^c

0.9 ± 0.05^b

1.5 ± 0.06^a

1.7 ± 0.23^a

<0.1^b

<0.1^b

1.5 ± 0.04^a

<0.1^b

<0.1^b

3.9 ± 0.61^a

0.8 ± 0.03^b

<0.1^c

3.6 ± 0.07^a

0.7 ± 0.01^b

<0.1^c

0.7 ± 0.05^b

0.8 ± 0.04^b

4.5 ± 0.46^a

0.8 ± 0.06^b

0.7 ± 0.03^b

4.3 ± 0.16^a

4.6 ± 0.45^c

24.2 ± 0.64^a

10.3 ± 1.06^b

4.0 ± 0.32^c

23.4 ± 0.80^a

9.8 ± 0.83^b

35.6 ± 0.72

36.9 ± 0.70

37.3 ± 1.20

36.3 ± 1.26

37.8 ± 0.84

37.2 ± 0.83

7.0 ± 0.49

6.1 ± 0.16

7.0 ± 0.48

6.9 ± 0.20^ab

5.8 ± 0.27^b

7.4 ± 0.21^a

57.5 ± 0.81

57.0 ± 0.61

55.7 ± 1.62

56.8 ± 1.17

56.4 ± 0.89

55.4 ± 1.01

52.1 ± 0.91^a

31.0 ± 1.25^c

38.5 ± 1.28^b

51.9 ± 0.89^a

31.2 ± 0.64^c

38.8 ± 0.24^b

5.4 ± 0.49^c

26.0 ± 0.69^a

17.1 ± 1.47^b

4.8 ± 0.37^c

25.2 ± 0.77^a

16.5 ± 0.87^b

0.8 ± 0.11^b

1.4 ± 0.14^a

1.3 ± 0.11^a

0.7 ± 0.08^b

1.5 ± 0.06^a

1.5 ± 0.06^a

5.5 ± 0.48^a

0.5 ± 0.02^c

1.6 ± 0.17^b

6.8 ± 0.73^a *

0.5 ± 0.02^c

1.6 ± 0.15^b

10.0 ± 1.08^a

1.2 ± 0.08^c

2.3 ± 0.21^b

10.8 ± 0.73^a

1.2 ± 0.05^c

2.4 ± 0.12^b

0.6 ± 0.02

0.6 ± 0.02

0.7 ± 0.04

0.6 ± 0.04

0.7 ± 0.03

0.7 ± 0.03