Table 1. Examples of differences in fatty acid compositions of various oil sources of either terrestrial or marine origin.
| Terrestrial |
Marine |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapeseed | Soyabean | Sunflower | Linseed | Borage | Camelina | Fish Oila | Fish Oilb | Algal Oilc | Algal Oild | |
| Fatty acid (% of total lipid) | ||||||||||
| 14:0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 3.6 | 1.1 |
| 16:0 | 4.7 | 11.4 | 6.1 | 5.2 | 11.0 | 5.1 | 18.0 | 13.8 | 37.9 | 16.1 |
| 18:0 | 1.9 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.9 |
| 20:0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 |
| Total saturates1 | 7.7 | 16.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 15.1 | 9.9 | 29.9 | 23.6 | 44.1 | 20.2 |
| 16:1n-7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 8.9 | 5.9 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 18:1n-9 | 62.4 | 27.4 | 28.2 | 18.7 | 16.1 | 17.4 | 7.7 | 9.7 | 0.5 | 26.9 |
| 18:1n-7 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 20:1n-9 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 14.2 | 1.1 | 11.6 | – | – |
| 22:1n-11 | – | – | 0.1 | – | – | – | 0.9 | 17.3 | – | – |
| 22:1n-9 | 0.1 | – | – | – | 2.5 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 1.2- | – | – |
| 24:1n-9 | 0.4 | – | – | – | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Total monoenes2 | 67.5 | 29.6 | 29.5 | 19.8 | 25.1 | 36.4 | 22.8 | 49.0 | 1.3 | 28.0 |
| 18:2n-6 | 16.4 | 48.9 | 59.4 | 15.6 | 37.7 | 19.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.9 |
| 18:3n-6 | – | – | – | – | 21.7 | – | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | – |
| 20:2n-6 | 0.1 | – | – | – | 0.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | – | – |
| 20:4n-6 | – | – | – | – | – | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
| 22:5n-6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0.4 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 1.0 |
| Total n-6 PUFA3 | 16.5 | 48.9 | 59.4 | 15.6 | 59.5 | 20.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 4.2 |
| 18:3n-3 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 55.5 | 0.2 | 31.9 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 |
| 18:4n-3 | – | – | – | – | 0.1 | – | 3.2 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 20:3n-3 | – | – | – | 0.1 | – | 1.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | – | 0.1 |
| 20:5n-3 (EPA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 18.8 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 16.5 |
| 22:5n-3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 3.4 |
| 22:6n-3 (DHA) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12.4 | 8.7 | 44.0 | 27.1 |
| Total n-3 PUFA4 | 8.3 | 5.1 | 0.3 | 55.5 | 0.3 | 32.9 | 38.2 | 23.5 | 45.9 | 47.7 |
| Total PUFA5 | 24.8 | 54.0 | 59.7 | 71.1 | 59.8 | 53.8 | 47.3 | 27.4 | 54.6 | 51.8 |
| n-3:n-6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | <0.1 | 3.6 | <0.1 | 1.6 | 11.6 | 9.8 | 5.3 | 11.4 |
1Includes 15:0, 22:0 and 24:0.
2Includes 16:1n-9, 17:1, 20:1n-11 and 20:1n-7.
3Includes 20:3n-6 and 22:4n-6.
4Includes 20:4n-3.
5Includes 16:2, 16:3 and 16:4.
aSouth American fish oil (e.g. anchovy).
bNorthern hemisphere fish oil (e.g. herring).
cDHA-rich Schizochytrium sp. algal oil.
dEPA + DHA Schizochytrium sp. algal oil (DSM nutritional products).