Table 1 Fatty acid composition of fish oil (% of total fatty acids)

C14:0

0.14 ± 0.01

C15:1

0.14 ± 0.09

C16:0

2.27 ± 0.35

C16:1

1.04 ± 0.06

C17:0

0.19 ± 0.07

C17:1

0.07 ± 0.01

C18:0

3.64 ± 0.21

C18:1n-9 cis

5.70 ± 0.45

C18:1n-9 trans

0.08 ± 0.01

C18:2n-6

1.54 ± 0.02

C18:3n-3

0.89 ± 0.04

C18:3n-6

0.19 ± 0.02

C20:1

3.36 ± 0.10

C20:2

3.00 ± 0.22

C20:3n-3

0.32 ± 0.03

C20:3n-6

0.43 ± 0.04

C20:4n-6

1.98 ± 0.09

C20:5n-3

39.05 ± 0.54

C22:0

0.50 ± 0.04

C22:1n-9

1.31 ± 0.32

C22:2

2.37 ± 0.04

C22:6n-3

24.25 ± 0.14

C24:0

0.47 ± 0.09

C24:1

0.28 ± 0.02