Quantitative Determination of Fatty Acids in Marine Fish and Shellfish from Warm Water of Straits of Malacca for Nutraceutical Purposes

Table 2

Saturated fatty acids (SFAs) content of samples.

Category	Samples	Saturated fatty acids (SFA) content (mg/100 g wet sample)
		8:0	12:0	14:0	15:0	16:0	17:0	18:0	24:0	∑SFA
Lean fish; (<2% fat)	Hardtail scad	42.2^ab	1.4^abcd	69.8^a	18.6^abc	531.7^a	45.2^a	nd	nd	708.8
	Golden snapper	152.9^bcd	0.7^abc	9.6^a	8.5^ab	203.7^a	21.5^a	1.8^a	20.1^abcd	418.7
	Indian mackarel	139.0^abcd	0.7^abc	64.1^a	9.5^ab	313.7^a	22.8^a	35.7^bcd	2.3^ab	587.8
	Indian threadfin	98.9^abcd	0.9^abc	10.3^a	6.8^a	134.7^a	17.7^a	4.8^ab	33.4^bcde	307.4
	Malabar red snapper	112.8^abcd	0.9^abc	28.8^a	5.7^a	373.7^a	31.8^a	nd	4.3^ab	557.9
	Dorab wolfherring	72.2^abc	1.4^abcd	39.3^a	7.6^a	395.9^a	21.1^a	nd	nd	537.4
	Long-tailed butterfly ray	140.1^abcd	nd	4.6^a	2.9^a	129.8^a	11.3^a	nd	nd	288.8
	Large-scale tongue sole	80.7^abc	0.3^ab	7.5^a	5.4^a	95.1^a	15.2^a	1.5^a	36.8^cde	242.4
	Spanish mackarel	86.3^abcd	0.4^ab	16.1^a	5.9^a	183.7^a	9.5^a	nd	21.0^abcde	322.8
Low fat fish; (2–4% fat)	Black pomfret	214.8^d	nd	46.9^a	18.0^abc	549.5^a	48.5^a	6.9^ab	50.4^def	935.0
	Silver pomfret	40.0^ab	1.1^abc	102.4^a	15.5^ab	590.2^a	38.6^a	11.2^abc	79.7^f	878.7
	Sixbar grouper	186.1^cd	1.6^abcd	65.6^a	19.8^abc	775.6^a	62.1^a	6.4^ab	191.6^g	1308.7
	Japanese threadfin bream	34.0^ab	5.2^de	102.6^a	28.2^abcd	996.5^a	36.8^a	8.0^ab	nd	1211.2
	Yellowstripe scad	101.1^abcd	1.7^abcd	69.5^a	19.9^abc	560.8^a	65.7^a	nd	10.9^ab	829.6
	Gray eel-catfish	35.3^ab	3.9^bcde	159.7^a	24.3^abc	717.8^a	359.0^a	40.9^cd	nd	1340.8
	Fourfinger threadfin	52.9^ab	2.5^abcd	127.2^a	33.7^bcd	677.0^a	31.9^a	7.0^ab	21.1^abcde	953.4
	Giant seaperch	79.5^abc	4.4^cde	102.5^a	15.5^ab	928.2^a	76.7^a	8.0^ab	52.4^ef	1267.2
	Fringescale sardinella	21.5^a	2.2^abcd	242.0^a	43.1^cd	822.2^a	108.1^a	33.5^bcd	nd	1272.8
Medium fat fish (4–8% fat)	Moonfish	383.9^e	7.2^e	335.3^a	53.4^d	1308.0^a	431.6^a	31.1^abcd	21.9^abcde	2572.4
High fat fish (>8% fat)	Longtail shad	20.3^a	21.1^f	2805.4^b	113.8^e	12542.6^b	2034.5^b	82.5^e	nd	17620.2
Shellfish	Cuttlefish	93.7^abcd	0.7^abc	30.9^a	9.3^ab	394.5^a	7.0^a	nd	33.0^bcde	569.1
	Prawn	139.9^abcd	0.3^ab	7.0^a	11.4^ab	125.3^a	24.5^a	nd	nd	308.4
	Cockles	37.0^ab	2.8^abcd	69.9^a	12.4^ab	359.2ª	130.3ª	9.5^abc	22.2^abcde	643.3
	Oyster	30.2^ab	0.5^abc	41.4ª	10.0^ab	325.8ª	80.3^a	62.6^de	13.0^abc	563.7

¹Categories of fish samples were based on the fat content [5].
²Different superscript lowercase letters (^a–g) in same column show significant differences at 𝑃<0.05 (Tukey post-hoc test).
³nd: not detected.