Table 3.
Summary of the content of n-3 PUFAs in fish oil and microalgae.
| Core material | n-3 PUFAs g/100 g fatty acid |
Reference | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALA | ETE | EPA | DPA | DHA | ||
| Fish oil | 2.84 | 0.2 | 8.19 | 1.62 | 13.83 | [86] |
| Fish oil | – | – | 8.261 | – | 37.374 | [87] |
| Fish oil | 1.95 | – | 35.81 | – | 28.43 | [88] |
| Microalgae | 0.1 | – | 1.0 | 13.2 | 35.3 | [89] |
| Microalgae oil | 0 | – | 1.4 | 15.4 | 39.5 | [89] |
| Microalgae | 0.03 | – | 0.41 | 6.31 | 29.89 | [30] |
“-”: means not detected, n-3 PUFAs: omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, ALA: α-linolenic acid, ETE: eicosatrienoic acid, EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid, DPA: docosapentaenoic acid, DHA: docosahexaenoic acid.