Table 3 Hepatic fatty acids (μg/mg protein; mean ± SD) of animals fed high carbohydrate diets

 16:0

7.59 ± 0.73^a

7.84 ± 1.06

6.64 ± 0.53

9.26 ± 0.99

6.80 ± 0.61

 16:1n-7

1.53 ± 0.15^a

1.53 ± 0.57

1.46 ± 0.30

2.26 ± 0.48

0.61 ± 0.37*

 18:0

3.42 ± 0.16^a

3.26 ± 0.14

2.80 ± 0.30

3.16 ± 0.14

4.43 ± 0.92

 18:1n-9

5.91 ± 0.63^a

6.68 ± 1.77

6.49 ± 1.06

10.58 ± 1.48*

3.65 ± 1.05†

 18:1n-7

1.74 ± 0.41^a

1.61 ± 0.46

1.60 ± 0.51

2.66 ± 0.48

0.70 ± 0.14*

 18:2n-6

3.14 ± 0.09^a

3.89 ± 0.88

3.27 ± 0.44

3.00 ± 0.64

3.28 ± 1.45

 20:4n-6

3.50 ± 0.23^a

3.62 ± 0.30

3.06 ± 0.47

3.22 ± 0.32

3.05 ± 0.60

 20:5n-3

0.03 ± 0.02^a

0.02 ± 0.02

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.02

1.23 ± 0.50*

 22:6n-3

2.01 ± 0.13^a

2.22 ± 0.24

1.84 ± 0.18

2.00 ± 0.29

4.38 ± 0.15*

 16:0

12.06 ± 1.47^b

7.25 ± 1.25

8.29 ± 1.56

8.06 ± 1.60

8.23 ± 0.81

 16:1n-7

2.44 ± 0.41^b

1.27 ± 0.23

1.99 ± 0.50

1.95 ± 0.57

1.70 ± 0.14

 18:0

3.31 ± 0.61^a

3.78 ± 0.36

3.87 ± 0.52

3.67 ± 0.17

4.02 ± 0.33

 18:1n-9

17.34 ± 4.92^b

8.98 ± 2.72*

10.22 ± 2.65*

11.26 ± 3.61*

8.30 ± 1.43*

 18:1n-7

3.38 ± 0.29^b

2.34 ± 0.76

2.82 ± 0.63

3.08 ± 0.38

1.92 ± 0.24

 18:2n-6

2.03 ± 0.06^b

3.32 ± 0.59

3.86 ± 0.72

3.17 ± 0.45

2.36 ± 0.42

 20:4n-6

2.80 ± 0.19^a

3.92 ± 0.37

4.15 ± 0.34

3.86 ± 0.28

2.68 ± 0.22

 20:5n-3

0.01 ± 0.02^a

0.03 ± 0.01

0.04 ± 0.02

0.02 ± 0.02

1.41 ± 0.21*

 22:6n-3

1.55 ± 0.18^a

2.07 ± 0.23*

2.46 ± 0.18*

2.25 ± 0.30*

3.93 ± 0.34†

 16:0

18.27 ± 4.35^c

6.83 ± 1.20*

6.84 ± 1.95*

7.24 ± 1.20*

8.27 ± 0.50*

 16:1n-7

3.30 ± 1.29^b

1.08 ± 0.40*

1.38 ± 0.46*

1.58 ± 0.42*

1.36 ± 0.12*

 18:0

4.24 ± 0.25^a

3.59 ± 0.30

3.12 ± 0.48

3.06 ± 0.24

3.71 ± 0.33

 18:1n-9

29.43 ± 5.86^c

6.05 ± 1.15*

7.94 ± 1.32*

7.58 ± 2.17

8.10 ± 0.73*

 18:1n-7

5.10 ± 1.25^c

1.71 ± 0.53*

2.05 ± 0.51*

2.26 ± 0.41*

1.49 ± 0.29*

 18:2n-6

2.03 ± 0.40^b

3.23 ± 0.88

2.29 ± 0.61

2.49 ± 0.52*

1.90 ± 0.54

 20:4n-6

2.68 ± 0.17^a

3.51 ± 0.19

3.04 ± 0.59

2.92 ± 0.24

2.53 ± 0.29

 20:5n-3

<0.01^a

0.01 ± 0.02

0.01 ± 0.01

0.01 ± 0.01

1.17 ± 0.22*

 22:6n-3

1.44 ± 0.21^a

2.03 ± 0.33

1.59 ± 0.37

1.75 ± 0.27

3.95 ± 0.55*