Research Article

Dietary DHA/EPA Ratio Changes Fatty Acid Composition and Attenuates Diet-Induced Accumulation of Lipid in the Liver of ApoE−/− Mice

Table 1

Fatty acid composition of oils and feed supplemented to mice.

Fatty acidmg per 100 mg total fatty acid
Sunflower seed oilPerilla oilFish oilAlgal oilBasic dietHFD IHFD IIDHA/EPA = 2 : 1DHA/EPA = 1 : 1DHA/EPA = 1 : 2

C14:00.100.38.70001.40.80.1
C14:1000.20.30000.10.10.1
C15:0000.50.20000.10.10.1
C16:06.50.410.115.827.042.043.78.68.18.0
C16:10.10.14.73.501.81.71.11.21.5
C17:0000.10.30000.10.10
C17:1000.10000000
C18:05.202.804.70.20.34.44.64.9
C18:124.910.17.913.521.216.515.622.222.422.2
C18:260.715.41.91.636.921.521.748.449.349.9
C18:3073.32.00016.015.30.20.40.2
C20:1000.10.300.130.120.10.10
C20:2000.20000000.1
C20:4001.50.50.50.190.200.20.30.4
C20:50.2035.10.00004.36.28.1
C22:1000.33.50000.50.30.1
C22:5002.40.00000.30.40.6
C22:60018.240.10008.06.04.3
∑SATs11.80.413.82531.742.24414.613.713.1
∑MUFAs2510.213.321.121.218.4317.422424.123.9
∑PUFAs60.988.761.342.237.437.6937.261.462.663.6
∑n-660.715.43.42.136.921.521.748.649.650.3
∑n-30.273.357.740.1016.015.312.813.013.2
n-6/n-31.31.43.93.83.8
EPA/DHA001.900001.91.00.5