Table 3 The fatty acid composition of plasma phospholipids from mice fed linoleic acid supplemented diets

16:0

33.54 ± 0.93²

34.40 ± 0.80

33.60 ± 1.03

33.25 ± 0.96

35.29 ± 1.15

32.87 ± 0.88

18:0

13.68 ± 0.55

13.41 ± 0.31

13.07 ± 0.56

13.84 ± 0.61

13.97 ± 0.66

13.49 ± 0.54

18:1n-9

12.50 ± 0.50

11.69 ± 0.65

9.11 ± 0.64

9.23 ± 0.70

10.29 ± 1.26

10.10 ± 1.18

18:2n-6

17.80 ± 0.28^a

19.22 ± 0.42^ab

20.58 ± 0.44^ab

21.86 ± 0.93^b

22.15 ± 1.53^b

22.46 ± 1.27^b

20:4n-6

13.41 ± 0.40

12.74 ± 0.50

13.94 ± 0.84

13.39 ± 0.63

11.77 ± 0.75

13.10 ± 0.63

22:6n-3

9.07 ± 0.98^a

8.54 ± 0.56^ab

9.09 ± 0.60^a

8.43 ± 0.59^ab

6.53 ± 0.79^b

7.99 ± 0.49^ab