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 (%)
Prawns
Molluscs
M. rosenbergii
P. monodon
F. indicus
C. madrasensis
P. 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
35.2
39.1
35.4
47.1
34.9
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA)
C14:1
—
—
—
C16:1
C17:1
—
—
—
C18:1
C20:1
—
—
C22:1
—
—
—
C24:1
—
—
29.6
22.7
16.5
23.8
23.4
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)
—
35.2
38.4
35.6
28.8
28.6
11.6
22.0
22.0
18.3
22.6
23.5
16.3
13.6
10.5
4.2
ω-3/ω-6
0.4
1.3
1.6
1.7
5.3
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.