Table 1.

Changes in rat WAT fatty acid composition induced by either α-linolenic acid or DHA supplementation (16, 19)

Fatty acids (mol%)	α-Linolenic acid			DHA
Fatty acids (mol%)		Control (n = 12)	Supplemented (n = 14)	Control (n = 7)	Supplemented (n = 6)
Saturates
16:0	15.2	17.3	22.9	20.8
18:0	2.7	2.9	2.8	3.4
Total*	19.4	21.8	27	28.9
Monounsaturates
c-18:1ω9	56.9	48.3^†	52.7	43.8^†
Total^‡	62.4	54.7^†	57.9	48.9^†
ω6 PUFA
18:2ω6	13.9	13.4	12.2	11.1
Total^§	14.4	13.7	12.7	11.3
ω3 PUFA
18:3ω3	1.3	6.9^†	0.6	0.8
22:6ω3	0.1	0.1	0.1	8.2^†
Total^∥	1.4	7.0^†	0.7	9.3^†
Ratio
ω6/ω3	10.3	1.9^†	18.1	1.2^†

↵* Including: 14:0, 15:0, 17:0, 20:0, 21:0, 22:0, 23:0, and 24:0.
↵† Within diet, significantly different from control values (P < 0.05).
↵‡ Including: 14:1, 15:1, 16:1, 17:1, c-18:1ω7, and 20:1.
↵§ Including: 18:3ω6, 20:2ω6, 20:3ω6, and 20:4ω6.
↵∥ Including: 20:3ω3, 20:5ω3, 22:5ω3, and 22:6ω3.