Research Article

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

Table 8

Fatty acid composition of prawns and edible molluscs (shellfishes).

Fatty acids (%)PrawnsMolluscs
M. rosenbergiiP. monodonF. indicusC. madrasensisP. viridis

Saturated fatty acids (SFA)
C4:0–C11:0
C12:0
C14:0
C15:0
C16:0
C17:0
C18:0
C20:0
C21:0
C22:0
C24:0.8

35.239.135.447.134.9

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

29.622.716.523.823.4

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

35.238.435.628.828.6

11.622.022.018.322.6
23.516.313.610.54.2
ω-3/ω-60.41.31.61.75.3

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.