Research Article

Regiospecific Analysis of Fatty Acids and Calculation of Triglyceride Molecular Species in Marine Fish Oils

Table 3

The species and content of TAG (>1%) in marine fish oils.

TAG speciesTCNDBECNAnchovyTunaSalmon

EEE
DDD
DDE
DDM
DDPo
DEPo
DDP
EEP
DEP
DDO
EEO
DEO
DPoPo
DMO
EMO
DMP
EMP
DOO
EOO
DOP
EOP
DPP
EPP
DpOO1.06
MMP
PoMO
PoPoO
PoMP
PoPoP
MOO
MOP
MPP
PoOO46
PoOP46
PoPP
OOO
POO
PPO
PPP
OPS
PPS

E, EPA; D, DHA; M, myristic acid; Po, palmitoleic acid; P, palmitic acid; O, oleic acid; S, stearic acid. TCN, total carbon number; DB, double bond; ECN, equivalent carbon number. Means with different superscript letters are significantly different (, ).