Table 2.
FAME concentrations (mg/g) for whale (different grades) and fish (different species) oils
| Sample | Whale oil | Fish oil | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quality | Conventionally distilled | Molecularly distilled | Cod liver | Salmon | ||||||||
| Designation | WC | WM | CL | SA | ||||||||
| Replicate | i | ii | iii | i | ii | iii | i | ii | iii | i | ii | iii |
| 14:0 | 50.5 | 50.6 | 50.4 | 47.8 | 48.1 | 47.5 | 33.7 | 33.6 | 33.6 | 41.1 | 41.8 | 40.5 |
| 15:0 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
| 16:0 | 74.5 | 75.2 | 72.7 | 95.3 | 95.8 | 94.6 | 91.9 | 92.6 | 91.0 | 130.5 | 133.4 | 127.5 |
| 17:0 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 18:0 | 16.4 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 23.5 | 23.9 | 23.4 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 17.8 | 30.5 | 31.4 | 29.8 |
| 20:0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.7 |
| 22:0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 24:0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Total SFA | 150.2 | 150.9 | 147.3 | 174.6 | 176.2 | 173.1 | 154.7 | 156.1 | 152.7 | 212.2 | 217.0 | 207.5 |
| 14:1n-9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 16:1n-9 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.6 |
| 16:1n-7 | 74.0 | 75.2 | 71.8 | 65.1 | 65.7 | 64.6 | 60.7 | 62.8 | 58.6 | 39.6 | 39.9 | 39.1 |
| 18:1n-11 | 18.2 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 19.7 | 19.8 | 19.4 | 13.6 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 |
| 18:1n-9 | 147.0 | 147.3 | 146.1 | 136.6 | 137.1 | 135.9 | 122.7 | 123.8 | 121.4 | 242.1 | 243.2 | 240.9 |
| 18:1n-7 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 25.5 | 25.6 | 25.3 | 34.9 | 35.1 | 34.5 | 29.5 | 30.2 | 28.6 |
| 20:1n-11 | 20.9 | 21.6 | 20.2 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 21.4 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 10.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 |
| 20:1n-9 | 96.9 | 98.1 | 94.8 | 128.4 | 129.1 | 127.6 | 77.9 | 78.2 | 77.7 | 43.1 | 43.5 | 42.7 |
| 20:1n-7 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 |
| 22:1n-11 | 94.4 | 96.6 | 91.3 | 120.8 | 122.1 | 119.4 | 50.0 | 50.0 | 49.9 | 39.2 | 39.9 | 38.8 |
| 22:1n-9 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 7.3 |
| 24:1n-9 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 7.8 |
| Total MUFA | 495.9 | 501.4 | 485.0 | 544.5 | 549.2 | 539.7 | 391.4 | 395.8 | 387.0 | 422.9 | 427.4 | 418.6 |
| 16:2n-4 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.7 |
| 16:3n-3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 1.8 |
| 16:4n-3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
| 18:2n-6 | 19.4 | 19.7 | 19.2 | 17.4 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 81.4 | 82.3 | 80.4 |
| 18:3n-3 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.7 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 30.4 | 31.0 | 29.9 |
| 18:4n-3 | 27.6 | 27.9 | 26.3 | 19.4 | 19.8 | 18.7 | 24.5 | 25.1 | 23.7 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 8.8 |
| 20:3n-3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 |
| 20:2n-6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.6 |
| 20:3n-6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| 20:4n-6 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| 20:4n-3 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.0 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 10.7 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 10.7 | 11.4 | 10.3 |
| 20:5n-3 | 46.5 | 47.2 | 45.3 | 35.1 | 36.1 | 33.9 | 106.7 | 108.1 | 105.1 | 39.1 | 40.7 | 37.7 |
| 22:5n-3 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 22.9 | 20.5 | 21.1 | 20.3 | 16.4 | 16.6 | 16.0 | 21.9 | 22.4 | 21.3 |
| 22:6n-3 | 76.7 | 76.3 | 75.1 | 48.3 | 50.7 | 47.3 | 145.6 | 149.6 | 141.2 | 52.3 | 54.0 | 50.4 |
| Total n-3 | 203.1 | 203.8 | 198.5 | 145.3 | 150.1 | 141.6 | 317.0 | 323.3 | 309.1 | 172.0 | 177.5 | 166.4 |
| Total n-6 | 26.2 | 26.7 | 25.6 | 23.7 | 24.2 | 23.2 | 27.6 | 27.6 | 27.4 | 93.3 | 94.7 | 91.9 |
| Total PUFA | 232.9 | 234.1 | 227.6 | 171.8 | 177.3 | 167.6 | 348.8 | 355.2 | 340.5 | 269.0 | 276.1 | 262.0 |
SFA saturated fatty acids, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acids