The fatty acid profile of liver extracts was analysed by means of a ThermoFisher Scientific DSQII GC/MS system (TraceDSQII mass spectrometer, TraceGCUltra gaschromatograph), Xcalibur MS Software Version 2.1 (including NIST Mass Spectral Library, NIST 08), and Wiley Registry of Mass Spectral Data 8th Edition for the assignment of chemical structures to chromatographic peaks, as previously described [21 (link)]. Each identified peak was expressed as relative percentage areas of total methylated fatty acids (FAME). The reference standard was the Marine Oil FAME Mix from Restek (Superchrom S.r.l., Cernusco sul Naviglio, Milan, Italy). Dichloromethane was used as a blank to avoid carryover from the previous analysis.
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