Ethanol- and/or Taurine-Induced Oxidative Stress in Chick Embryos
Table 2
Effects of exogenous ethanol (EtOH) and/or taurine (Tau) on brain membrane fatty acid composition at 11 days of development (methanol fraction : phospholipids and some glycolipids). Fatty acids in % mol (mean ± standard deviation).
14:0
16:0
16:1, n-7
16-3, n-3
18:0
18:1, n-9
18:2, n-6
18:3, n-6
18:3, n-3
20:4, n-6
20:4, n-3
22:4, n-6
22:5, n-6
22:6, n-3
H2O
0.59 ± 0.13
15.98 ± 1.80
1.72 ± 0.31
1.19 ± 0.37
12.6 ± 3.75
23.70 ± 3.53
2.21 ± 1.06
3.56 ± 1.48
0.65 ± 0.36
13.85 ± 1.58
1.02 ± 0.95
4.29 ± 1.66
3.69 ± 1.11
15.53 ± 2.42
3 mmol EtOH/Kg egg
2.08* ± 2.38
24.0* ± 3.34
1.98 ± 0.70
0.52* ± 0.16
13.08 ± 3.44
24.74 ± 5.58
4.84* ± 1.64
1.61* ± 0.47
1.30 ± 0.71
9.58* ± 2.00
1.87 ± 1.49
4.62 ± 2.87
2.18* ± 0.97
7.03* ± 1.52
4 mol Tau/Kg egg
0.59 ± 0.30
16.20 ± 1.35
2.34 ± 0.53
0.72 ± 0.40
14.78 ± 4.14
24.80 ± 2.87
6.28* ± 3.01
2.42 ± 0.86
2.42 ± 0.85
12.30 ± 1.94
2.27 ± 2.39
2.55* ± 0.76
3.22 ± 1.00
10.8* ± 2.67
3 mmol EtOH and 4 mol Tau/Kg egg
0.46 ± 0.19
16.60 ± 3.22
1.48* ± 0.31
0.61 ± 0.46
14.92 ± 3.12
23.29 ± 2.33
12.39* ± 2.94
5.69 ± 4.92
1.64 ± 1.37
9.58* ± 3.36
3.80* ± 2.32
1.93* ± 1.26
2.32* ± 1.25
5.16* ± 2.48
=
4.04
16.85
3.83
4.02
0.93
0.29
42.27
5.56
1.72
7.26
4.55
4.72
9.03
35.06
df =
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
3, 29
0.02
0.0001
0.02
0.02
0.44
0.29
0.0001
0.004
0.19
0.001
0.01
0.008
.0002
.0001
Note: *experimental group significantly differs from controls at 0.05.
