Research Article

Fatty Acid Composition and Levels of Selected Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Four Commercial Important Freshwater Fish Species from Lake Victoria, Tanzania

Table 2

Types of 3 PUFAs found in each individual species.

Type of FAL. niloticusO. niloticus R. argentea T. zillii

Docosatrienoic acid ****
Docosahexaenoic acid****
Alpha linolenic acid*
Heneicosapentaenoic acid***
Eicosatrienoic acid ***
Eicosadienoic acid*
Eicosapentaenoic acid****
Docosapentaenoic acid***
Eicosatetraenoic acid ****