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. 2010 Nov 2;46(1):37–46. doi: 10.1007/s11745-010-3490-4

Table 1.

Relative content of fatty acids in the study products

Fatty acid Fish oil (area %) Krill oil (area %)
14:0 3.2 7.4
16:0 7.8 21.8
18:0 2.6 1.3
20:0 0.6 <0.1
22:0 0.4 0.2
16:1n-7 3.9 5.4
18:1n-9, -7, -5 6.1 18.3
20:1n-9, -7 2.0 1.2
22:1n-11, -9, -7 2.5 0.8
24:1n-9 <0.2 0.2
16:2n-4 0.7 0.5
18:2n-6 0.8 1.8
18:3n-6 <0.2 0.2
20:2n-6 0.3 <0.1
20:3n-6 0.2 <0.1
20:4n-6 1.5 0.5
22:4n-6 0.5 <0.1
18:3n-3 0.5 1.0
18:4n-3 1.9 1.6
20:3n-3 <0.2 <0.1
20:4n-3 <0.2 0.7
20:5n-3 27.0 19.0
21:5n-3 1.5 0.5
22:5n-3 4.8 0.5
22:6n-3 24.0 10.9
Other FA 7.2 6.4
Saturated FA 16.0 30.7
Monounsaturated FA 18.0 25.9
n-3 59.0 34.1
n-6 2.9 2.5