DHA and EPA Content and Fatty Acid Profile of 39 Food Fishes from India
Table 6
Fatty acid composition of important small indigenous fishes.
Fatty acids (%)
A. mola
P. sophore1
A. coila
G. chapra
A. testudineus
X. cancila
Saturated fatty acid (SFA)
C4:0
—
—
—
—
—
—
C6:0
—
—
C7:0
—
—
—
—
C8:0
—
—
C9:0
—
—
—
C10:0
—
C11:0
—
—
C12:0
C13:0
C14:0
C15:0
C16:0
—
—
C17:0
—
—
C18:0
—
C19:0
—
—
—
C20:0
C21:0
C22:0
C23:0
—
—
C24:0
—
2.2
20.0
51.9
51.9
66.3
86.9
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)
C14:1
—
C15:1
—
—
—
—
C16:1
—
C17:1
—
—
—
—
C18:1
—
—
C20:1
C22:1
—
—
—
—
C24:1
—
73.3
37.1
9.1
6.5
10.4
9.1
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)
—
—
C22:2 ω-6
—
—
—
C22:6 ω-3 (DHA)
24.8
42.9
36.6
31.8
23.7
2.6
12.0
27.2
9.3
20.9
21
1.1
12.7
15.6
27.7
10.9
2.7
1.4
ω-3/ω-6
0.9
1.7
0.3
1.9
7.9
0.7
Data previously published by Mahanty et al. [16]. 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.
