Fatty acids (nmole %) LA-LA LA-ALA LA-FO ALA-ALA FO-FO
C 14:0 1.2 + 0.4 1.1 + 0.3 0.9 + 0.15 1.4 + 0.14 1.1 + 0.2
C 16:0 22.7 + 0.99 21.7 + 0.93 20.9 + 1.2 22.0 + 0.79 23.0 + 0.55
C 16:1 1.2 + 0.04 0.5 + 0.21 0.95 + 0.36 1.3 + 0.58 1.5 + 0.45
C 18:0 25.6 + 0.7 26.6 + 1.21 26.6 + 1.57 26.1 + 0.74 25.7 + 0.74
C 18:1 9.1 + 0.26 8.6 + 0.2 8.5 + 0.11 8.8 + 0.14 8.2 + 0.34*
C 18:2n-6 1.4 + 0.12 1.4 + 0.07 1.6 + 0.32 1.4 + 0.15 1.5 + 0.15
C 20:0 0.7 + 0.05 0.8 + 0.11 0.6 + 0.12 0.7 + 0.19 0.7 + 0.19
C 20:3n-6 1.2 + 0.53 1.2 + 0.79 0.8 + 0.49 0.9 + 0.65 1.3 + 0.96
C 22:0 0.6 + 0.07 0.9 + 0.3 0.7 + 0.09 0.7 + 0.2 0.7 + 0.13
C 20:4n-6 9.6 + 0.38 8.9 + 0.62 8.6 + 0.46 8.7 + 0.39 8.0 + 0.43*
C 24:0 0.97 + 0.25 1.0 + 0.33 0.67 + 0.2 0.89 + 0.28 0.78 + 0.18
C22:4n-6 & C 24:1 2.4 + 0.08 1.7 + 0.10 2.0 + 0.09 2.0 + 0.09 1.85 + 0.06*
C 22:5n-3 0.5 + 0.07 0.76 + 0.11 0.58 + 0.06 0.6 + 0.10 0.6 + 0.11
C 22:6n-3 22.0 + 0.6 24.0 + 0.8 25.6 + 1.5 24.3 + 0.6 24.4 + 0.3
Index          
Σ(LA + AA)a 11.3 10.3 10.2 10.1 9.5
Σ LC n-3 PUFAb 22.5 24.7 26.1 24.9 25.0
a/bRatio 1.99 2.39 2.55 2.46 2.63
Table 3: Total phospholipids fatty acid composition in the retina of WNIN rat pups fed with a synthetic diet differing only in their fatty acid