Table 2

Table 2
Effect of pyridoxine on the fatty acid composition in erythrocyte membranes
		Days of treatment
Fatty acid	Basal 1	30	60	Basal 2

16:0	22.0 ± 1.0^a	19.0 ± 1.3^a	17.0 ± 1.4^b	23.8 ± 0.9^a
16:1	0.3 ± 0.05^a	1.0 ± 0.2^b	1.0 ± 0.1^b	1.3 ± 0.2^b
18:0	20.4 ± 0.3^a	22.0 ± 0.5^b	23.0 ± 0.4^b	19.3 ± 0.2^c
18:1	14.7 ± 0.4	14.3 ± 0.5	14.7 ± 1.3	14.2 ± 0.6
18:2 n-6	10.7 ± 0.4	11.0 ± 0.5	10.5 ± 1.0	10.6 ± 0.5
20:3 n-6	1.9 ± 0.1	1.6 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.2	1.6 ± 0.1
20:4 n-6	19.4 ± 0.9^a	19.0 ± 0.7^a	20.6 ± 0.7^a	15.7 ± 0.7^b
22:4 n-6	0.5 ± 0.1^a	0.4 ± 0.05^a	0.5 ± 0.1^a	0.2 ± 0.02^b
22:5 n-6	4.7 ± 0.5	4.1 ± 0.3	4.7 ± 0.3	3.5 ± 0.2
22:5 n-3	2.6 ± 0.2^a	2.3 ± 0.2^ab	2.6 ± 0.2^a	1.9 ± 0.1^b
22:6 n-3	4.7 ± 0.3	5.6 ± 0.5	5.0 ± 0.5	4.2 ± 0.3

Results are the means of 12 determinations ± 1 SEM expressed as μg % of total fatty acids. Fatty acids are identified by: number of carbon atoms in the chain is given first, value following the colon represents number of double bonds (zero means saturated fatty acid); number following n- indicates the position of the last double bond counting the double bond from the terminal methyl group. Values not bearing the same superscript letter are significantly different at P < 0.05.
de Gómez Dumm et al. Lipids in Health and Disease 2003 2:7 doi:10.1186/1476-511X-2-7