A High-Fat Diet Enriched with Low Omega-6 to Omega-3 Fatty Acid Ratio Reduced Fat Cellularity and Plasma Leptin Concentration in Sprague-Dawley Rats
Table 2
Plasma fatty acid profile of treatment groups.
Fatty acid (g/100 ml)
Experimental diets
Name
CTRL
HFAR
MFAR
LFAR
SEM
Capric acid (10:0)
n/d
n/d
0.5a
0.5a
0.14
Lauric acid (12:0)
n/d
0.3a
0.2a
0.3a
0.07
Myristic acid (14:0)
0.5a
0.7ab
0.7bc
1.0c
0.10
Pentadecanoic acid (15:0)
0.6ab
0.5a
0.7ab
0.8b
0.06
Palmitic acid (16:0)
18.1ab
19.9b
16.6a
19.0ab
0.70
Palmitoleic acid (16:1)
0.7a
0.5a
1.2b
1.2b
0.18
Heptadecanoic acid (17:0)
0.6a
0.5a
0.7ab
0.9b
0.09
Stearic acid (18:0)
11.7ab
12.4b
11.2a
10.4a
0.42
Oleic acid (18:1)
9.9a
12.3a
13.2a
11.2a
0.71
Linoleic acid (18:2(n-6))
22.3a
19.3a
23.8a
24.3a
1.13
Linolenic acid (18:3(n-3))
0.4
n/d
n/d
0.01
0.01
Arachidic acid (20:0)
0.8b
0.4a
0.7b
0.9b
0.11
Cis-11-Eicosenoic (20:1)
0.4a
0.6ab
0.4a
0.8b
0.10
Cis-11,14,17-Eicosatrienoic (20:3)
0.5a
0.5ab
0.7b
n/d
0.15
Arachidonic acid (20:4(n-6))
30.9b
28.9b
20.1a
14.6a
1.81
Eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5(n-3))
n/d
n/d
2.5a
5.4b
1.28
Behenic acid (22:0)
0.8a
1.5b
1.6ab
1.5ab
0.18
Docosapentaenoic acid (22:5(n-3))
n/d
n/d
0.6a
1.1b
0.27
Docosahexanoic acid (22:6(n-3))
2.0a
1.8a
4.6b
6.4b
0.10
Total saturated fatty acidsns
33.0
36.2
33.0
35.3
0.82
Total unsaturated fatty acidsns
67.0
63.8
67.0
64.7
0.82
Total monounsaturated fatty acidsns
11.0
13.4
14.7
13.2
0.79
Total PUFA n-3
2.4a
1.8a
7.7b
12.91c
0.60
Total PUFA n-6
53.2b
48.7b
43.9ab
38.9a
3.05
n-6 : n-3 ratio
22.17b
34.1b
5.7a
3.02a
1.91
U : S rations
2.0
1.8
2.04
1.8
0.07
P : S ratio
1.7c
1.4a
1.6bc
1.5ab
0.06
a,b,cValues with different superscripts within rows are significantly different (); n/d: not detected; S: saturated; U: unsaturated; P: polyunsaturated; nsnot significant. SEM: standard error of means. CTRL: control group; HFAR: high n-6 : n-3 fatty acid ratio group; MFAR: medium n-6 : n-3 fatty acid ratio group; LFAR: low n-6 : n-3 fatty acid ratio group.