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Table 6 The fatty acid composition of erythrocyte phospholipids from diets supplemented with arachidonic acid

From: Allometric scaling of dietary linoleic acid on changes in tissue arachidonic acid using human equivalent diets in mice

 

Dietary Groups

Fatty Acid

2

7

8

9

 

Control

+0.23% AA1

+0.45% AA

+1.36% AA

16:0

34.80 ± 0.692

34.08 ± 0.86

34.43 ± 0.91

35.17 ± 0.95

18:0

14.09 ± 0.57

14.56 ± 0.31

14.03 ± 0.37

13.95 ± 0.34

18:1n-9

16.64 ± 0.50

16.49 ± 0.15

15.94 ± 0.29

15.62 ± 0.51

18:2n-6

12.03 ± 0.25a

10.85 ± 0.16b

9.65 ± 0.18c

7.84 ± 0.07d

20:3n-6

1.12 ± 0.05a

0.94 ± 0.01b

0.77 ± 0.02c

0.44 ± 0.01d

20:4n-6

13.60 ± 0.63a

15.13 ± 0.52ab

16.77 ± 0.53bc

18.71 ± 0.93c

22:4n-6

1.27 ± 0.15a

1.54 ± 0.09ab

1.90 ± 0.07bc

2.20 ± 0.11c

22:5n-6

0.45 ± 0.03a

0.49 ± 0.02ab

0.57 ± 0.04ab

0.73 ± 0.05c

22:5n-3

0.64 ± 0.06

0.64 ± 0.03

0.65 ± 0.03

0.55 ± 0.04

22:6n-3

5.37 ± 0.54

5.28 ± 0.23

5.29 ± 0.37

4.78 ± 0.40

  1. 1%change with regards to energy
  2. 2Relative abundance (mol%) presented as mean ± SEM
  3. abcdMeans with the same superscript within the same row are not statistically different at p < 0.05, Tukey's honestly significant difference.
  4. Abbreviations: AA, arachidonic acid