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Table 5 Fatty acid composition (percentage of total identified fatty acids) of the pancreas of the experimental groups1

From: Changes in pancreatic histology, insulin secretion and oxidative status in diabetic rats following treatment with Ficus deltoidea and vitexin

Fatty acids composition (%)

Groups

NC

DC

DMET

DFD

DV

Saturated fatty acid (SFA)

 Myristic acid (C14:0)

0.93 ± 0.89

0.86 ± 0.52

0.93 ± 0.51

0.82 ± 0.28

1.04 ± 0.38

 Palmitic acid (C16:0)

22.97 ± 0.30

24.24 ± 5.24

24.67 ± 3.02

23.04 ± 3.12

25.52 ± 4.37

 Stearic acid (C18:0)

3.38 ± 1.79a

11.42 ± 4.08b

7.64 ± 2.38ab

6.96 ± 0.18ab

11.33 ± 3.01b

 total SFA

27.28 ± 1.82

36.52 ± 9.06

33.24 ± 4.33

30.83 ± 3.22

37.88 ± 7.33

Monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA)

 Palmitoleic acid (C16:1n7)

2.32 ± 0.19

0.44 ± 0.21

1.54 ± 1.96

0.93 ± 0.60

1.14 ± 0.88

 Oleic acid (C18:1n9)

36.83 ± 3.28b

22.00 ± 9.22a

27.35 ± 3.74ab

29.99 ± 2.52ab

21.67 ± 7.40a

 total MUFA

39.15 ± 3.30b

22.44 ± 9.16a

28.89 ± 4.98ab

30.92 ± 2.63ab

22.81 ± 6.80a

n-6 PUFA

 Linoleic acid (C18:2n6)

30.34 ± 1.43

29.42 ± 5.78

28.66 ± 7.23

31.33 ± 3.31

23.44 ± 7.76

 γ-Linolenic acid (C18:3n6)

0.22 ± 0.05

0.92 ± 0.50

0.63 ± 0.16

0.72 ± 0.19

1.01 ± 0.56

 Arachidonic acid (C20:4n6)

1.27 ± 1.10

6.71 ± 4.63

4.69 ± 4.80

2.67 ± 1.28

8.69 ± 5.30

 total n-6 PUFA

31.82 ± 1.69

37.05 ± 1.37

33.98 ± 7.17

34.73 ± 1.92

33.14 ± 2.70

n-3 PUFA

 α- Linolenic acid (C18:3n3)

1.08 ± 0.89

1.52 ± 0.06

1.54 ± 0.21

1.62 ± 0.17

2.30 ± 0.98

 Eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5n3)

0.17 ± 0.05

0.22 ± 0.14

0.67 ± 0.47

0.60 ± 0.36

0.99 ± 0.58

 Docosapentaenoic acid (C22:5n3)

0.29 ± 0.09

1.49 ± 0.55

0.99 ± 0.48

0.63 ± 0.12

1.67 ± 0.88

 Docosahexaenoic acid (C22:6n3)

0.20 ± 0.06

0.76 ± 0.18

0.69 ± 0.38

0.68 ± 0.32

1.22 ± 0.84

 total n-3 PUFA

1.75 ± 0.91a

3.99 ± 0.57ab

3.89 ± 1.09ab

3.53 ± 0.83a

6.17 ± 2.22b

 n-6: n-3

24.60 ± 18.81

9.18 ± 1.40

9.39 ± 4.50

10.10 ± 3.06

6.22 ± 3.87

  1. Values are mean ± 1SD at n = 3. Different superscripts a,b, in a column differed significantly at p < 0.05. 1The data are expressed as the percentage of total identified fatty acids