Effect of Oxysterol-Induced Apoptosis of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells on Experimental Hypercholesterolemia

Table 1

Fatty acid composition of control and experimental diet.

Fatty acid	Control	+ 10% fish oil
14	0.8	6.6
16	22.3	22.3
18	8.6	5.8
Total sat.	31.7	34.8
16∶1 n-7	3.3	9.2
18∶1 n-9	32.4	19.5
20∶1 n-9	0.0	0.4
Total MUFA	35.7	29.1
18∶2 n-6	24.6	10.7
20∶2 n-6	2.5	2.4
20∶3 n-6	1.1	0.6
20∶4 n-6	1.6	1.4
Total n-6	29.8	15.1
18∶3 n-3	0.8	0.6
20∶5 n-3	0.0	12.0
22∶5 n-3	1.7	1.6
22∶6 n-3	0.0	6.8
Total n-3	2.5	21.0
Total PUFA	32.3	36.1
Total unsat.	68.0	65.2
Sat./unsat.	0.47	0.53
Sat./PUFA	0.98	0.96
20∶5/22∶6	0.00	1.76
n-3/n-6	0.08	1.39

Results (% of fatty acid) are expressed as means of 3 determinations