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Table 6 Fatty acid (FA) composition as percentage of total FA and mg/g of hepatic tissue from apoE−/− mice

From: Dietary intake of cod and scallop reduces atherosclerotic burden in female apolipoprotein E-deficient mice fed a Western-type high fat diet for 13 weeks

 

Dietary treatments

 

Chicken (n = 12)

Cod-scallop (n = 10)

FA

%

mg/g

%

mg/g

14:00

0.98 ± 0.0

1.88 ± 0.1

0.87 ± 0.0

1.34 ± 0.2*

16:00

22.5 ± 0.3

43.6 ± 2.6

25.09 ± 0.6*

38.51 ± 4.0

16:1n7

4.61 ± 0.4

8.96 ± 0.9

3.74 ± 0.2

5.66 ± 0.5*

18:00

3.08 ± 0.1

5.91 ± 0.3

4.13 ± 0.2*

6.17 ± 0.5

18:1n9

45.03 ± 1.4

87.6 ± 6.0

41.95 ± 0.7*

64.44 ± 6.6*

18:1n7

5.12 ± 0.4

9.92 ± 0.9

3.55 ± 0.1*

5.38 ± 0.5*

18:2n6

4.93 ± 0.3

9.59 ± 0.8

4.96 ± 0.1

7.55 ± 0.7

20:1n9

0.63 ± 0.0

1.24 ± 0.1

0.42 ± 0.0*

0.60 ± 0.1*

20:4n6

1.25 ± 0.1

2.42 ± 0.2

1.09 ± 0.1

1.57 ± 0.1*

20:5n3

Bdl

 

0.95 ± 0.1

1.40 ± 0.1

22:5n3

0.52 ± 0.1

0.98 ± 0.1

0.71 ± 0.1*

1.04 ± 0.1*

22:6n3

1.18 ± 0.1

2.28 ± 0.2

3.66 ± 0.2*

5.38 ± 0.3*

SFA

24.63 ± 2.0

47.58 ± 4.7

30.09 ± 0.6*

46.02 ± 4.6

MUFA

55.40 ± 2.1

107.68 ± 7.7

49.54 ± 0.8*

75.92 ± 7.6*

n-3

1.70 ± 0.1

2.97 ± 0.3

5.31 ± 0.3*

7.82 ± 0.5*

n-6

6.18 ± 0.4

12.01 ± 1.0

6.05 ± 0.2

9.12 ± 0.8*

n6/n3

4.27 ± 0.3

 

1.2 ± 0.0*

 

16:1n7/16:0

0.20

 

0.15

 

Sum identified

87.78 ± 0.7

170.30 ± 10.3

91.04 ± 0.7

138.93 ± 4.7

Sum unidentified

12.22 ± 0.7

23.35 ± 1.4

8.97 ± 0.7

13.52 ± 2.1

  1. The mice were fed diets containing different protein sources for 13 weeks. Data are mean ± SEM (n = 10–12). Data were analyzed using the non-parametric Mann–Whitney U test. *indicate significant difference (p < 0.05). Bdl, below detection limit of 0.5 area %
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