Research Article

DHA and EPA Content and Fatty Acid Profile of 39 Food Fishes from India

Table 3

Fatty acid composition of important marine fishes.

Fatty acids (%)T. albacares1E. affinisS. waiteiS. commersonii1R. kanagurta1N. japonicus1S. longicepsK. pelamisEpinephelus spp.L. splendensT. lepturusH. nehereus

Saturated fatty acids (SFA)
C4:0–C11:0
C6:0
C8:0
C12:0
C13:0
C14:0
C15:0
C16:0
C17:0
C18:0
C19:0
C20:0
C22:0
C23:0
C24:0

50.963.844.372.339.940.239.4041.345.242.842.136.4

Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)
C14:1
C15:1
C16:1
C17:1
C18:1
C20:1
C22:1
C24:1

20.518.115.714.619.919.524.121.626.925.328.724.1

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
C16:2 ω-4
C16:3 ω-4
C18:2 ω-6
C18:3 ω-3
C18:3 ω-6
C18:4 ω-3
C20:2 ω-6
C20:3 ω-6
C20:3 ω-3
C20:4 ω-6
C20:5 ω-3 (EPA)
C22:5 ω-3
C22:6 ω-3 (DHA)

28.412.739.513.140.139.826.812.319.723.123.338.1

12.78.030.09.034.133.721.47.914.016.918.831.3
15.61.99.54.05.96.04.93.95.05.63.916.7
ω-3/ω-60.84.33.22.25.75.64.32.032.73.04.84.6

Data previously published by Aneesh et al. [30].
Values are reported as mean ± standard deviation.
Values in rows sharing same superscripts are not statistically different ().
—, not detected.
EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid.