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. 2007 Jan 25;6:4. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-6-4

Table 1.

Fatty acid composition of the oil mixture (natural and emulsified forms).

Fatty acid wt %
Myristic acid (14:0) 0.15
Palmitic acid (16:0) 3.7
Palmitoleic acid (16:1) 0.48
Stearic acid (18:0) 3.8
Oleic acid (18:1 n-9) 10.4
Vaccenic acid (18:1 n-7) 1.25
Linoleic (18:2 n-6) 9.5
alpha-Linolenic acid [ALA] (18:3 n-3) 18.2
gamma-Linolenic acid [GLA] (18:3 n-6) 8.3
Stearidonic acid (18:4 n-3) 0.75
Eicosadienoic acid (20:2 n-6) 0.25
Arachidonic acid [ARA] (20:4 n-6) 0.9
Tetracosapentaenoic acid (20:4 n-3) 0.75
Eicosapentaenoic acid [EPA] (20:5 n-3) 16.8
Adrenic acid (22:4 n-6) 0.1
Docosapentaenoic acid (22:5 n-3) 2.7
Docosahexaenoic acid [DHA] (22:6 n-3) 11.0
*Others 10.91

*Consist of fatty acids comprising no more than 1.5% of total fatty acid content