Table 1.
Fish species | Breast milk | ||||||
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Fatty acid | Dagaa | Cichlids | Nile perch† | Tilapia† | Mean | 25th–75th percentile | Global average‡ |
Polyunsaturated | 32·6 | 14·1 | 35·9 | 38·9 | |||
18:2n-6 (LA) | 2·7 | 6·9 | – | – | 12·71 | 10·88–14·03 | |
18:3n-6 | 0·3 | 0·1 | 1·2 | 1·3 | 0·084 | 0·054–0·10 | |
20:3n-6 | 0·4 | 0·2 | – | – | 0·36 | 0·26–0·45 | |
20:4n-6 (AA) | 3·9 | 0·9 | 5·3 | 3·5 | 0·44 | 0·36–0·49 | 0·47 |
22:4n-6 | – | – | – | – | 0·091 | 0·07–0·10 | |
18:3n-3 (ALA) | 3·1 | 0·7 | 1·9 | 2·3 | 0·54 | 0·41–0·65 | |
20:5n-3 (EPA) | 6·1 | 0·8 | 4·5 | 3·7 | 0·16 | 0·11–0·21 | |
22:5n-3 (DPA) | 2·3 | 1·3 | 2 | 1·3 | 0·28 | 0·20–0·33 | |
22:6n-3 (DHA) | 13·2 | 3·2 | 15·9 | 13·7 | 0·75 | 0·54–0·89 | 0·32 |
Monounsaturated | 23·9 | 30·7 | 26·5 | 18·7 | |||
16:1n-7 | 10·2 | 2·9 | 5·6 | 2·1 | 1·88 | 1·26–2·37 | |
18:1 | – | – | – | – | 30·42 | 27·96–33·76 | |
20:1 | 0·3 | 0·2 | – | – | 0·25 | 0·21–0·28 | |
24:1 | – | – | – | – | 0·072 | 0·047–0·081 | |
Saturated | 41·7 | 54·1 | 33·1 | 39·6 | |||
10:0 | – | – | – | – | 0·67 | 0·44–0·85 | |
12:0 | – | – | – | – | 5·82 | 4·36–7·33 | |
14:0 | 3·7 | 1·4 | 1·4 | 0·8 | 11·07 | 7·63–13·16 | |
15:0 | 0·7 | 0·3 | 0·8 | 1·2 | |||
16:0 | 25·8 | 45·5 | 20·4 | 25·6 | 29·02 | 26·59–30·85 | |
17:0 | 2·0 | 0·5 | 0·6 | 0·9 | |||
18:0 | 9·1 | 6 | 9·9 | 11·1 | 4·16 | 3·75–4·50 | |
20:0 | 0·3 | 0·4 | – | – | 0·17 | 0·14–0·19 | |
22:0 | – | – | – | – | 0·088 | 0·066–0·10 | |
24:0 | 0·5 | 0·2 | – | – | 0·10 | 0·065–0·12 |