Research Article

Effect of Supplementation with n-3 Fatty Acids Extracted from Microalgae on Inflammation Biomarkers from Two Different Strains of Mice

Table 3

Effect of supplementation with EPA and DHA extracted from microalgae in lymphocytes populations in db/db and CD1 mice.

8 weeks old 16 weeks old
BLRCMDLYSAT
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD

db/db
 CD3+, %71.8 ± 0.570.4 ± 0.869.8 ± 0.470.7 ± 0.468.3 ± 0.2
 CD4+, %62.0 ± 0.262.1 ± 0.560.6 ± 0.361.8 ± 0.965 ± 0.5
 CD8+, %30.0 ± 1.029.3 ± 1.024.9 ± 0.328.4 ± 0.223 ± 0.1
cd1
 CD3+, %74.7 ± 0.0277.8 ± 0.0470.6 ± 0.0372.4 ± 0.0169.5 ± 0.06
 CD4+, %67.4 ± 0.267.5 ± 0.0570 ± 0.0467.6 ± 0.0372.3 ± 0.4
 CD8+, %21.4 ± 0.0524.8 ± 0.0117.4 ± 0.124.2 ± 0.0319.9 ± 0.02

Data are presented as means ± standard deviations. One-way ANOVA for comparison of differences between BL group at 8 weeks versus all the groups at 16 weeks. value was significant at <0.05.