Table 2

Table 2
Composition of Individual Fatty Acids in Soleus and Red and White Gastrocnemius Muscles from Dam-Reared Rats*
	Soleus	Red Gastrocnemius	White Gastrocnemius

	(weight % of total fatty acids)
12:0	6.6 ± 2.3^a	2.1 ± 0.8^b	5.1 ± 1.9^a
14:0	5.2 ± 1.1^a	2.3 ± 0.4^b	4.3 ± 1.2^a
16:0 DMA	1.0 ± 0.5^a	2.0 ± 0.4^b	1.4 ± 0.4^ab
16:0	19.4 ± 1.0^a	21.7 ± 1.0^b	24.5 ± 1.0^b
18:0 DMA	0.53 ± 0.29	0.92 ± 0.25	0.75 ± 0.25
18:0	8.6 ± 2.4^a	12.2 ± 0.6^b	7.3 ± 1.0^a
20:0	0.09 ± 0.02^a	0.08 ± 0.02^a	0.05 ± 0.01^b
22:0	0.08 ± 0.02^ab	0.09 ± 0.03^a	0.05 ± 0.01^b
24:0	0.13 ± 0.06^ab	0.18 ± 0.02^a	0.10 ± 0.02^b

16:1 n-7	7.2 ± 1.8^a	3.3 ± 0.3^b	6.3 ± 1.5^a
18:1 DMA	0.06 ± 0.02^a	0.22 ± 0.05^b	0.19 ± 0.06^b
18:1 n-9	17.2 ± 2.7^a	10.3 ± 1.0^b	14.2 ± 2.7^a
18:1 n-7	4.0 ± 0.3^a	3.3 ± 0.2^b	3.6 ± 0.2^b
20:1 n-9	0.09 ± 0.03	0.06 ± 0.02	0.08 ± 0.02
24:1 n-9	0.12 ± 0.04^ab	0.14 ± 0.01^a	0.08 ± 0.02^b

18:2 n-6	13.6 ± 1.3^a	15.0 ± 1.3^a	11.8 ± 0.8^b
18:3 n-6	0.03 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01	0.03 ± 0.01
20:2 n-6	0.06 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.05	0.05 ± 0.01
20:3 n-6	0.27 ± 0.07^a	0.44 ± 0.05^b	0.34 ± 0.09^ab
20:4 n-6	6.0 ± 1.9^a	8.9 ± 0.4^b	6.5 ± 2.2^ab
22:4 n-6	0.42 ± 0.09^a	0.39 ± 0.03^a	0.27 ± 0.09^b
22:5 n-6	0.27 ± 0.11^a	0.51 ± 0.07^b	0.36 ± 0.17^ab

18:3 n-3	0.82 ± 0.23^a	0.34 ± 0.06^b	0.62 ± 0.18^a
20:5 n-3	0.07 ± 0.02^a	0.13 ± 0.03^b	0.10 ± 0.03^ab
22:5 n-3	0.58 ± 0.19^a	1.18 ± 0.07^b	0.87 ± 0.24^c
22:6 n-3	3.9 ± 1.6^a	11.7 ± 1.1^b	7.7 ± 2.0^c

*Values are mean ± SD; n = 6. Values in a row not sharing a roman superscript are significantly different at P < 0.05 by Tukey's honestly significantly difference test after a significant F-value (P < 0.05) by repeated measures ANOVA. DMA, dimethyl acetal.
Stark et al. Lipids in Health and Disease 2007 6:13 doi:10.1186/1476-511X-6-13