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. 2015 Sep 8;13(9):5706–5721. doi: 10.3390/md13095706

Table 2.

Lipids and fatty acid composition (wt%) of the phospholipid-protein complex (PPC).

Fatty Acid PPC 1
C14:0 6.7
C16:0 16.0
C18:0 0.9
C20:0 <01
C22:0 <0.1
C16:1n-7 2.6
C18:1(n-9) + (n-7) + (n-5) 12.7
C20:1(n-9) + (n-7) 0.6
C22:1(n-11) + (n-9) + (n-7) 0.3
C24:1n-9 <0.01
C18:2n-6 (LA) 1.6
C18:3n-6 0.1
C20:2n-6 <0.1
C20:3n-6 <0.1
C20:4n-6 (AA) 0.1
C22:4n-6 <0.1
C18:3n-3 (ALA) 3.2
C18:4n-3 6.9
C20:3n-3 0.1
C20:4n-3 0.5
C20:5n-3 (EPA) 13.0
C21:5n-3 0.5
C22:5n-3 (DPA) 0.4
C22:6n-3 (DHA) 7.9
∑SFAs 23.6
∑MUFAs 16.2
∑PUFAs 35.1
n-6 PUFAs 1.8
n-3 PUFAs 32.5
Sum of fatty acids 74.9
Lipids
Total polar lipids 46.9
Total neutral lipids 53.1
Sum of lipids 100

1 Fat (wt%) Bligh & Dyer, g/100 g extracted lipids. Abbreviations: AA, arachidonic acid; ALA, alpha linolenic acid; DHA, docosahexaenoic acid; DPA, docosapentaenoic acid; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; LA, linoleic acid; MUFAs, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFAs, polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFAs, saturated fatty acids.