DHA and EPA Content and Fatty Acid Profile of 39 Food Fishes from India
Table 5
Fatty acid composition of important freshwater fishes.
Fatty acids (%)
C. catla
L. rohita
C. mrigala
S. seenghala1
H. fossilis
C. batrachus
T. ilisha2
R. rita
Saturated fatty acids (SFA)
C4:0-C5:0
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
C6:0
—
—
—
—
—
—
C8:0
—
—
—
—
C10:0
—
—
C11:0
—
—
—
—
C12:0
—
C13:0
C14:0
—
—
—
—
C15:0
—
—
C16:0
—
—
C17:0
—
C18:0
C20:0
—
—
—
C21:0
—
—
C22:0
—
—
C23:0
—
—
—
—
C24:0
—
—
—
—
—
—
20.6
73.3
30.4
36.0
63.1
21.0
42.8
23.3
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)
C14:1
—
C15:1
—
—
—
C16:1
—
C17:1
—
—
C18:1
C20:1
—
—
C22:1
—
—
—
—
C24:1
—
—
—
—
—
47.3
10.4
26.0
28.4
22.7
53.5
35.0
65.2
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA)
C18:2 ω-6
C18:3 ω-3
C18:3 ω-6
—
—
C20:2 ω-6
—
—
C20:3 ω-6
—
C20:3 ω-3
—
—
C20:4 ω-6
—
C20:5 ω-3 (EPA)
—
C22:6 ω-3 (DHA)
—
31.9
22.5
43.5
35.5
14.2
25.5
22.0
11.4
22.7
7.8
7.8
16.3
7.3
2.8
14.2
9.5
9.3
14.7
35.7
19.2
6.9
22.7
5.4
1.9
ω-3/ω-6
2.4
0.5
0.2
0.8
1.1
1.8
2.3
5.0
Data previously published by Mohanty et al. [15, 31]. 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.
