Dietary (n-6 : n-3) Fatty Acids Alter Plasma and Tissue Fatty Acid Composition in Pregnant Sprague Dawley Rats

Table 4

Adipose tissue fatty acid composition (mg/100 mL; Mean ± SE; 𝑛=7) of rats from diffrent treatment groups after 10 weeks of feeding.

Fatty acid composition sample (mg/100 g)	Group
	Diet (1 : 1)	Diet (6 : 1)	Diet (30 : 1)	Diet (control)
12 : 0 lauric acid	0.06±0.00^b	0.07±0.00^b	0.05±0.00^b	0.08±0.01^a
14 : 0 myristic acid	1.11±0.02^a	0.66±0.04^bc	0.59±0.05^c	0.77±0.04^b
16 : 0 palmitic acid	17.67±0.24^bc	18.69±1.23^ab	16.05±0.61^c	20.79±1.01^a
16 : 1 palmitoleic acid	1.73±0.09^ab	1.45±0.31^cb	0.89±0.06^c	2.23±0.39^a
18 : 0 stearic acid	4.25±0.08^a	4.09±0.08^ab	3.89±0.07^a	3.95±0.16^ab
18 : 1 oleic acid	34.61±0.23^ab	33.52±0.60^cb	33.04±0.24^c	35.58±0.73^a
18 : 2 n-6 linoleic acid	34.10±0.31^cb	36.66±1.76^ab	40.56±0.88^a	31.94±1.87^c
18 : 3 n-3 linolenic acid	0.21±0.01^ns	0.23±0.01^ns	0.21±0.02^ns	0.23±0.01^ns
20 : 0 arachidic acid	1.95±0.06^ab	1.89±0.19^b	2.01±0.03^a	1.58±0.16^b
20 : 4 n-6 arachidonic acid	0.09±0.07^b	0.67±0.09^a	0.67±0.03^a	0.63±0.04^c
22 : behenic acid	0.19±0.01^b	0.23±0.02^a	0.22±0.00^ab	0.19±0.01^ab
22 : 1erucic acid	0.03±0.00^a	0.02±0.01^b	0.04±0.00^a	0.02±0.01^b
20 : 5 n-3 ecosapentaenoic acid	0.35±0.04^a	0.09±0.01^b	0.08±0.02^b	0.08±0.02^b
22 : 6 n-3 docosahexaenoic acid	1.32±0.14^a	0.41±0.09^b	0.47±0.08^b	0.31±0.07^b
Total saturated	25.98±0.18^a	26.33±1.14^a	23.38±0.70^b	28.23±1.01^a
Total unsaturated	74.02±0.18^b	73.67±1.14^b	76.62±0.70^a	71.77±1.01^c
Total monoenes	36.94±0.30^a	35.61±0.84^cb	34.63±0.17^ab	38.57±1.11^a
Total PUFA n-3	1.88±0.17^a	0.73±0.11^b	0.76±0.07^b	0.62±0.09^b
Total PUFA n-6	36.19±0.35^b	37.33±1.78^ab	41.23±0.87^a	32.57±1.87^c
n-6 : n-3 ratio	19.50±1.50^b	59.44±10.49^b	57.96±6.91^a	57.33±6.12^a
Unsat : Sat	2.85±0.03^b	2.84±0.16^b	3.30±0.12^a	2.57±0.13^b
Poly : Sat ratio	1.43±0.03^b	1.48±0.12^b	1.81±0.09^a	1.20±0.12^b

Values with different superscripts within rows are significantly different at 𝑃<0.05; ^nsno significant difference; ND: not detected.