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Table 1 Fatty acid composition of DHA-TG, DHA-PC and egg-PC

From: Comparative analyses of DHA-Phosphatidylcholine and recombination of DHA-Triglyceride with Egg-Phosphatidylcholine or Glycerylphosphorylcholine on DHA repletion in n-3 deficient mice

Main fatty acids (%)

DHA-TG

DHA-PC

Egg PC

16:0

0.59

17.51

36.2

18:0

0.34

9.09

12.5

18:1n-9

0.25

8.15

28.9

18:2n-6

0.68

0.28

16.1

18:3n-3

0.42

0.24

0.16

20:1n-9

0.27

9.68

0.18

20:4n-6

0.43

2.78

4.3

20:5n-3

7.82

8.94

nd

22:6n-3

72.56

39.89

0.7

SFAs

12.43

27.77

48.95

MUFAs

5.34

18.82

29.37

N6

1.65

4.28

20.72

N3

80.58

49.13

0.96

  1. nd: trace (< 0.05% of fatty acids)
  2. SFA saturated fatty acid, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid, N-6 n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids, N-3 n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids