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From: Retroconversion is a minor contributor to increases in eicosapentaenoic acid following docosahexaenoic acid feeding as determined by compound specific isotope analysis in rat liver

Fig. 3

Estimates of (a) percent of liver EPA derived from ALA, (b) absolute concentration of liver EPA from ALA and DHA sources, (c) percent of liver ARA derived from LNA and (d) absolute concentration of liver ARA derived from LNA and other sources. * - represents significant differences between diets for proportion of liver EPA from ALA (a) and ARA from LNA (b) as determined by Student’s t-test. * - represents significant differences between diets by Student’s t-test and # represents significant differences between sources of EPA and ARA by paired t-test following significant interaction effect by two-way ANOVA (c and d), p < 0.05. N = 6, mean ± SEM. c Interaction = 0.036, Diet <0.0001, Source = 0.008; d Interaction = 0.001, Diet = 0.07, Source <0.0001. ALA – α-linolenic acid, 18:3n-3; ARA – arachidonic acid, 20:4n-6; DHA – docosahexaenoic acid, 22:6n-3; EPA, eicosapetaenoic acid, 20:5n-3; LNA – linoleic acid, 18:2n-6

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Nutrition & Metabolism

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