Research Article

Antioxidant and Cardioprotective Effects of EPA on Early Low-Severity Sepsis through UCP3 and SIRT3 Upholding of the Mitochondrial Redox Potential

Table 3

Fatty acid composition of cardiac phospholipids.

Fatty acidDEF ShamDEF SeptEPA ShamEPA Sept

C14:0
C15:0
C16:0
C17:0
C18:0
C20:0
C22:0
C24:0
SFA
C16:1 ω7
C18:1 ω9
C18:1 ω7
trans-MUFA
C22:1 ω9
MUFA
C18:2 ω6
C20:2 ω6
C20:3 ω6
C20:4 ω6
C22:4 ω6
C22:5 ω6
ω6 PUFA
C18:4 ω3
C20:5 ω3ndanda
C22:5 ω3
C22:6 ω3
ω3 PUFA
Total PUFA
ω6/ω3

The means correspond to the average of 5 rats. DEF Sham: rats fed the ω3 fatty acid-deficient diet with fictitious surgery; DEF Sept: rats fed the ω3 fatty acid-deficient diet with cecal ligation and puncture; EPA Sham: rats fed the EPA-rich diet with fictitious surgery; EPA Sept: rats fed the EPA-rich diet with cecal ligation and puncture; SFA: saturated fatty acids, MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids; nd: not detected; a, b: means without a common letter on each line are significantly different.