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Table 2.

Fatty acid class distribution as phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine

	Liver			Kidney			Heart
	Lizard	Rat	Lizard	Rat	Lizard	Rat	Lizard	Rat
Phosphatidylcholine
ΣSFA	36.5±0.6	42.5±0.6^‡	44.5±0.9	58.5±1.6^†	33.3±0.7	43.8±0.6^‡	58.6±1.2	65.6±0.3^‡
ΣMUFA	23.2±2.8	10.5±1.1^§	27.3±1.6	8.0±0.3^†	37.1±0.4	16.2±1.1^‡	35.4±1.0	26.3±0.5^‡
ΣPUFA n-6	40.3±2.2	43.7±0.6	28.2±1.3	33.5±1.3	29.6±0.5	36.4±1.0^‡	5.7±0.1	6.7±0.3
ΣPUFA n-3	0.0±0.0	3.2±0.1^‡	0.0±0.0	0.0±0.0	0.0±0.0^‡	3.6±0.2	0.0±0.0	1.4±0.0^‡
UI	103.8±1.7	171.3±0.9^‡	83.6±1.6	121.7±4.5^†	96.3±1.2	151.5±2.8^‡	56.9±1.2	61.6±0.9^*
UI (20:4 n-6)	0.0±0.0	105.5±2.7^‡	0.0±0.0	93.3±3.3^‡	0.0±0.0	84.1±5.2^‡	19.1±0.7	27.0±1.3^§
UI (22:6 n-3)	0.0±0.0	19.4±0.6^‡	0.0±0.0	0.0±0.0	0.0±0.0	15.2±0.7^‡	0.0±0.0	8.4±0.3^‡
Phosphatidylethanolamine
ΣSFA	19.2±1.8	45.5±0.3^‡	22.0±0.7	42.9±0.6^‡	36.1±0.3	44.1±0.4^‡	38.9±0.8	45.7±0.3^‡
ΣMUFA	40.1±4.1	6.4±0.6^‡	38.0±0.1	7.4±0.7^‡	16.2±0.4	7.1±0.4^‡	15.2±0.8	15.3±1.0
ΣPUFA n-6	40.7±2.4	40.1±0.9	40.0±0.8	48.6±0.0^†	47.7±0.6	27.4±1.1^‡	42.8±0.2	23.3±0.6^‡
ΣPUFA n-3	0.0±0.0	8.0±0.7^‡	0.0±0.0	1.1±0.0^‡	0.0±0.0	21.4±1.0^‡	3.1±0.2	15.7±0.4^‡
UI	147.1±2.1	195.4±1.6^‡	146.1±4.8	198.9±0.6^†	152.5±5.1	215.8±2.3^‡	205.0±0.8	201.8±2.5
UI (20:4 n-6)	47.4±3.8	123.4±2.8^‡	59.9±11.7	175.7±1.9^†	114.4±8.1	70.4±2.4^†	160.4±1.5	76.1±2.2^‡
UI (22:6 n-3)	0.0±0.0	38.9±3.1^‡	0.0±0.0	6.4±0.2^‡	0.0±0.0	101.4±4.9^‡	12.8±0.8	88.7±2.7^‡

	Liver			Kidney			Heart
	Lizard	Rat	Lizard	Rat	Lizard	Rat	Lizard	Rat
Phosphatidylcholine
ΣSFA	36.5±0.6	42.5±0.6^‡	44.5±0.9	58.5±1.6^†	33.3±0.7	43.8±0.6^‡	58.6±1.2	65.6±0.3^‡
ΣMUFA	23.2±2.8	10.5±1.1^§	27.3±1.6	8.0±0.3^†	37.1±0.4	16.2±1.1^‡	35.4±1.0	26.3±0.5^‡
ΣPUFA n-6	40.3±2.2	43.7±0.6	28.2±1.3	33.5±1.3	29.6±0.5	36.4±1.0^‡	5.7±0.1	6.7±0.3
ΣPUFA n-3	0.0±0.0	3.2±0.1^‡	0.0±0.0	0.0±0.0	0.0±0.0^‡	3.6±0.2	0.0±0.0	1.4±0.0^‡
UI	103.8±1.7	171.3±0.9^‡	83.6±1.6	121.7±4.5^†	96.3±1.2	151.5±2.8^‡	56.9±1.2	61.6±0.9^*
UI (20:4 n-6)	0.0±0.0	105.5±2.7^‡	0.0±0.0	93.3±3.3^‡	0.0±0.0	84.1±5.2^‡	19.1±0.7	27.0±1.3^§
UI (22:6 n-3)	0.0±0.0	19.4±0.6^‡	0.0±0.0	0.0±0.0	0.0±0.0	15.2±0.7^‡	0.0±0.0	8.4±0.3^‡
Phosphatidylethanolamine
ΣSFA	19.2±1.8	45.5±0.3^‡	22.0±0.7	42.9±0.6^‡	36.1±0.3	44.1±0.4^‡	38.9±0.8	45.7±0.3^‡
ΣMUFA	40.1±4.1	6.4±0.6^‡	38.0±0.1	7.4±0.7^‡	16.2±0.4	7.1±0.4^‡	15.2±0.8	15.3±1.0
ΣPUFA n-6	40.7±2.4	40.1±0.9	40.0±0.8	48.6±0.0^†	47.7±0.6	27.4±1.1^‡	42.8±0.2	23.3±0.6^‡
ΣPUFA n-3	0.0±0.0	8.0±0.7^‡	0.0±0.0	1.1±0.0^‡	0.0±0.0	21.4±1.0^‡	3.1±0.2	15.7±0.4^‡
UI	147.1±2.1	195.4±1.6^‡	146.1±4.8	198.9±0.6^†	152.5±5.1	215.8±2.3^‡	205.0±0.8	201.8±2.5
UI (20:4 n-6)	47.4±3.8	123.4±2.8^‡	59.9±11.7	175.7±1.9^†	114.4±8.1	70.4±2.4^†	160.4±1.5	76.1±2.2^‡
UI (22:6 n-3)	0.0±0.0	38.9±3.1^‡	0.0±0.0	6.4±0.2^‡	0.0±0.0	101.4±4.9^‡	12.8±0.8	88.7±2.7^‡

FA, fatty acid; ΣSFA, total saturated fatty acids; ΣMUFA, total monounsaturated fatty acids; ΣPUFA n-6, total polyunsaturated n-6 fatty acids; ΣPUFA n-3, total polyunsaturated n-3 fatty acids; UI,unsaturation index (number double bonds per 100 fatty acid molecules); UI(20:4 n-4), contribution of 20:4 (AA, arachidonic acid) to unsaturation index;UI (22:6 n-3), contribution of 22:6 (DHA, docosahexaenoic acid) to unsaturation index

Values are mean % ± s.e.m. (N=4). Superscripts indicate significant difference from the corresponding lizard tissue; ^*P<0.05, ^§P<0.01, ^†P<0.005, ^‡P<0.001

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