Table 2

Mucosal fatty acid profile (%) in rats fed the n9 diet at weeks 12 and 19 after the first dose of carcinogen or vehicle

n9 diet		Week 12					Week 19
n9 diet		Control	AOM	p Value			Control	AOM	p Value
SFAs	34.6 (0.45)	33.6 (0.24)	0.11		31.1 (1.7)	33.6 (1.01)	0.25
MUFAs	46.9 (1.92)	46.6 (0.83)	0.85		56.6 (5.7)	52.1 (2.9)	0.52
C_18:1n9	35.1 (1.62)	36.03 (0.78)	0.62		45.7 (5.7)	41.4 (3.1)	0.39
n3 PUFAs	1.22 (0.20)	1.28 (0.14)	0.63		0.59 (0.15)2-150	1.99 (0.45)	0.09
C_18:3n3	0.08 (0.02)	0.06 (0.01)	0.87		0.07 (0.01)	1.25 (0.34)2-151	0.055
C_20:5n3	0.15 (0.02)	0.16 (0.02)	0.94		0.09 (0.03)	0.11 (0.03)	0.62
C_22:6n3	0.80 (0.09)	0.98 (0.11)	0.25		0.41 (0.10)2-150	0.53 (0.12)2-151	0.39
n6 PUFAs	17.2 (1.88)	18.5 (0.74)	0.87		11.7 (3.8)	12.2 (2.2)2-151	0.91
C_18:2n6	4.15 (0.30)	4.77 (0.25)	0.33		3.41 (0.79)	3.47 (0.39)^††	0.94
C_20:3n6	1.68 (0.27)	1.65 (0.09)	0.91		0.80 (0.36)	0.79 (0.19)^††	0.97
C_20:4n6	9.90 (1.25)	10.36 (0.42)	0.87		6.4 (2.5)	5.7 (1.37)^††	0.66
ARA:EPA	63.6 (5.5)	69.4 (7.44)	0.55		77.1 (6.7)	56.1 (12.3)	0.20

Values are expressed as mean (SEM).
↵2-150 p<0.05 v controls at week 12.
↵2-151 p<0.05 and ^††p<0.01 v AOM at week 12.
AOM, azoxymethane; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; ARA:EPA, arachidonic acid to eicosapentanoic acid ratio.