Table 2. Fatty acid content of sea cucumber and sea cucumber viscera (%).

Species	SFA	MUFA	PUFA	EPA	DHA	References
Whole sea cucumber
A. mauritiana	39.62	28.27	32.12	–	–	Haider et al. (2015)
A. mollis	23.62	22.61	53.75	10.63	4.64	Liu et al. (2017)
A. japonicus	56.00	23.15	18.5	1.44	7.8	Anisuzzaman et al. (2019)
B. marmorata	47.16	19.37	33.48	3.71	4.54	Nishanthan et al. (2018)
Bohadschia sp.	44.76	22.71	32.53	9.3	3.47	Nishanthan et al. (2018)
H. arenicola	15.91	33.17	50.92	–	–	Haider et al. (2015)
H. edulis	83.95	–	16.05	–	–	Al Azad, Shaleh & Siddiquee (2017)
H. forskali	22.95	6.44	43.64	10.49	1.01	Santos et al. (2015)
H. mammata	19.21	15.01	53.38	4.99	10.30	Aydin et al. (2011)
H. scabra	41.61	22.14	36.25	18.55	1.27	Nishanthan et al. (2018)
H. spinifera	40.12	30.72	29.16	10.95	0.61	Nishanthan et al. (2018)
H. leucospilota	34.55	30.14	35.29	–	–	Yahyavi et al. (2012)
H. tubulosa	15.48	13.29	57.76	6.18	12.37	Aydin et al. (2011)
I. badionotus	52.62	24.35	22.98	3.02	4.32	Zacarias-Soto & Olvera-Novoa (2015)
S. chloronotus	52.21	20.56	27.23	13.00	1.43	Nishanthan et al. (2018)
T. anax	45.02	29.47	25.51	5.51	0.99	Nishanthan et al. (2018)
Sea cucumber viscera
A. chilensis	50.39	23.97	6.42	2.71	–	Careaga, Muniain & Maier (2013)
C. frondosa	–	–	29.72	28.23	–	Abuzaytoun et al. (2022)
C. frondosa						Liu et al. (2021)
Air-dried	26.46	28.73	40.14	28.71	0.87
Freeze-dried	26.97	28.60	39.91	27.97	0.85
Fresh	25.93	27.01	33.01	27.76	0.88
C. frondosa	26.40	28.20	45.40	17.10	0.30	Mamelona, Louis & Pelletier (2010)
C. frondosa	3.19	11.3	–	–	–	Ramalho et al. (2020)
P. californicus	18.13	32.05	43.64	22.63	8.93	Bechtel et al. (2013)
–	39.76	26.86	33.39	–	–	Babji et al. (2020)

Note:

–, Not determined.