The ratio of +O addition (oxidation) for selected PE species in the parietal cortex of animals fed the diet deficient in ω3 PUFAs, relative to the diet with adequate amounts of ω3 PUFAs.

Abstract

<p>The three panels represent PE species containing either oxidized (a) ARA, (b) DPA, or (c) DHA. Thin blue bars in each panel represent results for the <i>sn</i>-1 chains indicated, which correspond to the 6 most abundant PE species in Figs <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0164326#pone.0164326.g001" target="_blank">1</a>–<a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0164326#pone.0164326.g003" target="_blank">3</a>. The wide red cross-hatched bar in each panel is the average ratio for all 6 species in aggregate, with a standard error of the mean indicated. By 2-tailed T test of unpaired samples with unequal variances, the ratio for 22:5(+O)-PE species in aggregate (1.63) differs from the ratio for 20:4(+O)-PE species (1.16) at P ≤ 0.05, and from the ratio for 22:6(+O)-PE species (1.01) at P ≤ 0.01.</p