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Table 3 Fatty acid composition (as percentage of total) of HDL phospholipid fraction of walnut oil group at baseline and 4 h postprandially

From: Walnut oil increases cholesterol efflux through inhibition of stearoyl CoA desaturase 1 in THP-1 macrophage-derived foam cells

Fatty acid

Carbon:

Time

 

profile

Double-bond

0 h

4 h

P value

 

16:0

19.6 ± 1.35

20.5 ± 1.4

0.72

SFA

18:0

21.7 ± 0.43

21.8 ± 0.38

0.85

 

16:1

0.17 ± 0.05

0.11 ± 0.06

0.48

MUFA

18:1

9.91 ± 0.46

9.8 ± 0.51

0.86

 

18:2

23.4 ± 1.13

23.9 ± 1.1

0.74

PUFA

γ 18:3

0.1 ± 0.02

0.11 ± 0.03

0.94

(n-6)

20:4

21.9 ± 1.18

21.7 ± 1.0

0.89

 

α 18:3

0.21 ± 0.02

0.25 ± 0.02

0.15

PUFA

20:5

1.89 ± 0.43

1.88 ± 0.42

0.98

(n-3)

22:5

2.08 ± 0.17

1.97 ± 0.14

0.63

 

22:6

6.47 ± 0.63

6.41 ± 0.6

0.95

Total n-6

 

51.6 ± 0.9

51.8 ± 0.84

0.85

Total n-3

 

8.97 ± 0.76

8.85 ± 0.68

0.91

n-3/n-6

 

0.18 ± 0.02

0.17 ± 0.02

0.88

α 18:3/18:2

 

0.009 ± 0.001

0.01 ± 0.001

0.2

  1. Values are expressed as mean (percentage of total fatty acid) ± SEM. Abbreviations are as designated in Table 1 footnote.
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Nutrition & Metabolism

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