Table 4.

Proportion of EPA and DHA (molar %) in sn-2 position in the fillet TAG of fish fed diets with high (H-ED) and low (L-ED) levels of EPA and DHA fatty acids determined by pancreatic lipase or by ¹³C NMR spectroscopy.

	EPA	DHA
Diet
H-ED	50.1 ± 1.3	84.9 ± 0.7
L-ED	49.3 ± 1.3	83.1 ± 0.7
Method
Lipase	50.1 ± 1.1	81.7 ± 0.7
NMR	49.2 ± 1.0	86.3 ± 0.6
Diet × Method
H-ED Lipase	50.7 ± 1.6	83.5 ± 1.0
H-ED NMR	49.4 ± 1.4	86.3 ± 0.8
L-ED Lipase	49.4 ± 1.4	79.9 ± 1.0
L-ED NMR	49.1 ± 1.4	86.4 ± 0.8
Probability a
Diet	0.7286	0.1377
Method	0.4323	0.0020
Diet × Method	0.6219	0.0758

^a mean ± SE; 4 fillets per diet; n = 2 tanks per diet.