Table 5

Fatty acid composition of biliary phospholipids (weight%)

LCTMCT/LCT
Time 0 End (6 h) Post (9 h) Time 0 End (6 h) Post (9 h)
16:038.0 (1.1)37.2 (1.2)36.9 (0.9)2-150 0.2 (2.9)35.0 (1.6)33.6 (2.0)
18:04.8 (0.6)4.9 (0.5)4.9 (0.6)5.6 (0.4)5.4 (0.3)5.5 (0.4)
18:18.6 (0.6)8.6 (1.8)9.0 (1.9)9.5 (1.8)9.3 (0.7)9.8 (0.2)
18:230.8 (3.5)37.7 (1.1) 37.5 (1.5) 32.0 (2.9)35.8 (1.2)2-150 35.6 (1.9)2-150
20:48.1 (1.6)7.1 (0.9)6.9 (1.4)8.2 (1.4)7.2 (0.9)7.0 (1.3)
22:62.2 (0.8)1.7 (0.3)1.7 (0.4)2.5 (0.5)2.1 (0.1)2.1 (0.1)
  • Results are expressed as mean (SD). Fatty acids comprising less than 1% of total acyl fatty acids are not included in this table.

  • 2-150 p<0.05, p<0.01 compared with time 0.