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Table 1 Fatty acid composition of the diets

From: Characterization of the fatty acid profile in the ventral midbrain of mice exposed to dietary imbalance between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids during specific life stages

Fatty acid

Control diet

n-6high/n-3low diet

14:0

0.1% ± 0.0%

0.2% ± 0.1%

16:0

11.7% ± 0.2%

8.1% ± 0.0%

18:0

3.5% ± 0.3%

2.6% ± 0.0%

20:0

0.4% ± 0.0%

0.4% ± 0.0%

22:0

0.4% ± 0.0%

0.3% ± 0.0%

24:0

0.1% ± 0.0%

0.1% ± 0.0%

18:1

24.1% ± 1.6%

15.5% ± 0.3%

20:1

0.2% ± 0.0%

0.2% ± 0.0%

18:2n-6

52.6% ± 1.0%

71.8% ± 0.4%

18:3n-3

6.7% ± 0.5%

0.6% ± 0.0%

Total SFAs

16.4% ± 0.2%

11.8% ± 0.1%

Total MUFAs

24.3% ± 1.6%

15.8% ± 0.4%

Total PUFAs

59.3% ± 1.5%

72.4% ± 0.3%

n-6/n-3

8.0 ± 0.5

115.2 ± 7.9

  1. Fatty acid composition is shown as % of total fatty acids (n = 3 diets)