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Table 2 Major omega 6 and omega 3 fatty acids in tissues of mice.

From: Maternal consumption of canola oil suppressed mammary gland tumorigenesis in C3(1) TAg mice offspring

Liver 21 days

Fatty acid

Corn oil diet

Canola diet

p value

18:2 LA

17.35 ± 1.22

12.10 ± 0.90

<0.0001*

18:1+18:3 ALA

9.59 ± 2.16

20.29 ± 2.04

<0.0001*

20:4 AA

18.40 ± 1.60

10.08 ± 0.57

<0.0001*

20:5 EPA

0.09 ± 0.02

1.39 ± 0.20

<0.0001*

22:6 DHA

5.04 ± 0.81

11.22 ± 0.46

<0.0001*

22:5 DPA

0.64 ± 0.08

0.53 ± 0.06

0.023*

Liver 130 days

18:2 LA

23.96 ± 2.74

22.91 ± 0.93

0.5565

18:1+18:3 ALA

18.19 ± 2.47

24.14 ± 1.01

0.0289*

20:4 AA

13.82 ± 0.46

10.33 ± 0.49

0.0041*

20:5 EPA

0.045 ± 0.04

0.10 ± 0.04

0.2382

22:6 DHA

5.37 ± 0.49

3.83 ± 0.17

0.0127*

22:5 DPA

0.315 ± 0.04

0.24 ± 0.03

0.0817

Mammary gland 21 days

18:2 LA

26.25 ± 1.32

6.74 ± 1.99

0.0000*

18:1+18:3 ALA

29.26 ± 0.70

50.99 ± 1.98

0.0000*

20:4 AA

0.67 ± 0.12

0.31 ± 0.11

0.0043*

20:5 EPA

0.06 ± 0.01

0.08 ± 0.05

0.4050

22:6 DHA

0.08 ± 0.02

0.02 ± 0.01

0.0008*

22:5 DPA

0.01 ± 0.01

0.06 ± 0.03

0.0124*

Mammary gland 130 days

18:2 LA

37.15 ± 0.78

35.77 ± 2.30

0.2879

18:1+18:3 ALA

0.40 ± 0.01

0.38 ± 0.03

0.1996

20:4 AA

0.13 ± 0.01

0.11 ± 0.03

0.3218

20:5 EPA

0.02 ± 0.01

0.00 ± 0.00

0.0000*

22:6 DHA

0.01 ± 0.00

0.01 ± 0.01

0.2415

22:5 DPA

0.02 ± 0.00

0.00 ± 0.00

0.0000*

  1. *values in row are significantly different by T-test
  2. The percents of assayed fatty acids of liver and mammary gland at 21 and 130 days old are shown. The results of T-tests between each pair of treatments for each tissue and time-point are shown, n = 3 to 5 mice per diet per time point. A p < 0.05 is taken to be statistically significant and is further indicated by an *