Total plasma fatty acids (FA) were extracted using a mixture of methanol:chloroform chromatographic solution (2:1,
v/v), and FA were converted to FA methyl esters using a modified sodium methoxide method. Then, the FA profile was measured using flame-ionization gas chromatography on a device (SHIMADZU,
CG-2010, Kyoto, Japan). Samples (2 μL) were injected via an autosampler into a fused-silica capillary column (
DB-FFAP capillary column [15 m × 0.100 mm × 0.10 μm] J&W Scientific from Agilent Technologies, Folsom, CA, USA) in a gas chromatography system fitted with a flame ionization detector and eluted with hydrogen at 3.0 mL/min., with a split ratio of 1:150. The injector and detector were heated to 250 °C and 260 °C, respectively. The column was temperature programmed from 100 °C (hold 0.5 min) to 195 °C at 25 °C/min, then to 205 °C (hold 3 min) at 3.0 °C/min. Identification of the fatty acids was achieved by comparing their retention times with pure standards (
FAME 37, code 47885, Sigma Chemical Co). Individual peaks were quantified as the area under the peak and results expressed as percentages of the total area of all FA peaks: miristic, palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, linoleic, α-linolenic, eicosatrienoic, arachidonic, eicosapentaenoic, docosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic.
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