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Table 1 Fatty acid distribution in the liver tissue of Plasmodium chabaudi AS or Plasmodium berghei NK65 infected mice at different days after the infection

From: Differential induction of malaria liver pathology in mice infected with Plasmodium chabaudi AS or Plasmodium berghei NK65

 

% of total

Control

P. chabaudi

AS day 8

P. chabaudi

AS day 10

P. berghei

NK65 day 8

P. berghei

NK65 day 10

C16:0 palmitic acid

20.76 ± 1.0

25.04 ± 0.8*

26.10 ± 0.1*

18.41 ± 0.9*

18.01 ± 0.2*

C16:1 palmitoleic acid

1.10 ± 0.2

1.24 ± 0.1

1.17 ± 0.1

0.63 ± 0.3*

0.59 ± 0.1*

C18:0 stearic acid

13.25 ± 1.6

12.80 ± 0.7

13.47 ± 1.1

13.54 ± 1.7

13.87 ± 0.9

C18:1 oleic acid

10.12 ± 1.5

9.98 ± 1.5

11.01 ± 1.2

10.52 ± 1.5

10.20 ± 1.0

C18:2 n − 6 linoleic acid

15.00 ± 1.4

17.4 ± 0.6

17.98 ± 1.2

22.19 ± 2.4**

23.01 ± 1.9**

C18:3 n − 3 α-linolenic acid

0.25 ± 0.1

0.22 ± 0.1

0.19 ± 0.1

0.21 ± 0.1

0.20 ± 0.1

C18:3 n − 6 γ-linolenic acid

0.17 ± 0.1

0.18 ± 0.1

0.17 ± 0.1

0.16 ± 0.1

0.19 ± 0.1

C20:3 n − 6 eicosatrienoic acid

1.20 ± 0.1

0.98 ± 0.2

1.10 ± 0.1

0.51 ± 0.1***

0.49 ± 0.1***

C20:4 n − 6 arachidonic acid

22.02 ± 1.1

19.99 ± 0.8*

18.97 ± 1.0*

16.81 ± 1.4***

16.01 ± 1.2***

C20:5 n − 3 eicosapentaenoic acid

0.29 ± 0.1

0.22 ± 0.1

0.30 ± 0.1

0.21 ± 0.1

0.29 ± 0.1

C22:5 n − 3 docosapentaenoic acid

0.38 ± 0.1

0.57 ± 0.1*

0.60 ± 0.2*

0.37 ± 0.1

0.39 ± 0.1

C22:6 n − 3 docosahexanoic acid

9.28 ± 0.7

9.26 ± 1.2

9.40 ± 1.0

9.79 ± 0.6

9.70 ± 0.9

C18:2/C20:4

0.68 ± 0.1

0.87 ± 0.1

0.95 ± 0.1*

1.32 ± 0.1**

1.44 ± 0.2***

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD
  2. * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001 vs Control n = 6–7