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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 18.
Published in final edited form as: Mol Nutr Food Res. 2015 Jul 7;59(9):1780–1790. doi: 10.1002/mnfr.201500161

Table 1.

Fatty acid content of study interventions

Fatty acid, % total Red Salmona)
Pink Salmonb)
Albacorec) Lovaza capsule
Skin Light Dark All Skin Light Dark All All
C18:2n6 2.23 ± 0.3 1.77 ± 0.35 2.05 ± 0.26 2.04 ± 0.19 1.82 ± 0.2 1.28 ± 0.35 1.87 ± 0.42 1.66 ± 0.09 2.66 ± 1.28 0.15
C18:3n6 0.16 ± 0.02 0.13 ± 0.02 0.14 ± 0.01 0.14 ± 0.01 0.2 ± 0.01 0.18 ± 0.07 0.17 ± 0.003 0.21 ± 0.03 0.40 ± 0.04 0.18
C18:3n3 1.08 ± 0.21 0.94 ± 0.18 1.04 ± 0.24 1.07 ± 0.13 1.18 ± 0.1 0.92 ± 0.16 1.31 ± 0.07 1.19 ± 0.07 0.37 ± 0.16 0.05
C18:4n3 2.19 ± 0.87 1.8 ± 0.66 2.11 ± 0.93 2.10 ± 0.56 2.25 ± 0.54 1.47 ± 0.24 2.66 ± 0.22 2.09 ± 0.35 0.13 ± 0.02 2.21
C20:2n6 0.38 ± 0.05 0.34 ± 0.06 0.40 ± 0.08 0.39 ± 0.04 0.62 ± 0.09 0.56 ± 0.19 0.54 ± 0.16 0.65 ± 0.03 0.26 ± 0.03
C20:3n6 0.13 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.01 0.14 ± 0.01 0.15 ± 0.03 0.35 ± 0.06 0.30 ± 0.18 0.23 ± 0.06 0.32 ± 0.1 0.18 ± 0.02 0.06
C20:4n6 0.53 ± 0.02 0.55 ± 0.02 0.52 ± 0.05 0.55 ± 0.06 1.17 ± 0.05 1.15 ± 0.15 0.92 ± 0.05 1.08 ± 0.14 4.45 ± 0.39 2.54
C20:4n3 1.47 ± 0.43 1.31 ± 0.27 1.38 ± 0.41 1.43 ± 0.30 1.54 ± 0.32 1.26 ± 0.12 1.59 ± 0.27 1.5 ± 0.18 0.19 ± 0.02 0.97
C20:5n3 9.05 ± 0.45 10.03 ± 0.92 9.07 ± 0.98 9.43 ± 0.2 11.65 ± 0.28 11.22 ± 1.36 11.17 ± 1.47 11.59 ± 0.69 3.27 ± 0.20 51.03
C22:4n6 0.13 ± 0.03 0.09 ± 0.05 0.13 ± 0.02 0.12 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.08 0.14 ± 0.03 0.18 ± 0.01 0.17 ± 0.01 0.42 ± 0.03 0.35
C22:5n6 0.11 ± 0.03 0.14 ± 0.04 0.12 ± 0.01 0.12 ± 0.04 0.23 ± 0.005 0.26 ± 0.01 0.27 ± 0.03 0.23 ± 0.01 3.73 ± 0.29 0.91
C22:5n3 2.26 ± 0.37 2.39 ± 0.41 2.28 ± 0.26 2.30 ± 0.30 3.21 ± 0.36 3.04 ± 0.3 2.95 ± 0.41 3.27 ± 0.22 0.79 ± 0.12 2.88
C22:6n3 11.74 ± 1.74 19.18 ± 2.2 14.05 ± 2.31 15.02 ± 2.17 22.17 ± 1.82 30.98 ± 11.44 26.40 ± 1.87 22.98 ± 1.07 35.03 ± 2.68 38.15
All SFAd) 26.56 ± 2.18 26.98 ± 2.35 27.56 ± 1.94 26.97 ± 1.52 28.56 ± 2.37 27.04 ± 1.21 27.45 ± 1.88 28.02 ± 1.67 29.71 ± 0.58 0.05
All MUFA 41.44 ± 2.40 33.81 ± 1.51 38.48 ± 1.42 37.67 ±1.93 24.46 ± 1.96 19.90 ± 7.15 21.92 ± 0.9 24.67 ± 1.14 17.96 ± 1.60 0.25
All PUFA 32 ± 3.60 39.21 ± 2.18 33.96 ± 3.33 35.36 ± 3.44 46.98 ± 2.36 53.06 ± 8.32 50.63 ± 0.98 47.30 ± 0.84 52.32 ± 1.86 99.70
Total n-3 27.78 ± 3.19 35.64 ± 2.41 29.92 ± 2.94 31.34 ± 3.13 42.00 ± 2.40 48.89 ± 9.30 46.07 ± 1.37 42.62 ± 1.14 39.78 ± 2.36 95.29
Total n-6 3.68 ± 0.41 3.13 ± 0.52 3.50 ± 0.36 3.50 ± 0.34 4.59 ± 0.08 3.89 ± 0.91 4.17 ± 0.42 4.32 ± 0.36 12.11 ± 0.77 4.19
n3/n6e) 7.57 ± 0.61 11.64 ± 2.07 8.56 ± 0.46 8.98 ± 0.68 9.16 ± 0.66 13.50 ± 5.92 11.11 ± 1.43 9.95 ± 1.16 3.31 ± 0.39 22.76
a)

Values derived from three separate cans, one to three samples per can of each component plus all contents homogenized, mean ± SD.

b)

Values derived from two separate cans, one to three samples per can of each component plus all contents homogenized, mean ± SD.

c)

Values derived from three separate pouches, two to three samples per pouch, all contents homogenized, mean ± SD.

d)

Total saturated, monounsaturated, polyunsaturated, omega 3, and omega 6 fatty acids as the sum of % of total fatty acids per group.

e)

n-3 to n-6 ratio calculated as the ratio of the sum of n-3 to the sum of n-6 fatty acids, [c18:3n3 + c18:4n3 + c20:4n3 + c20:5n3 + c22:5n3 + c22:6n3]/[c18:2n6 + c18:3n6 + c20:2n6 + c20:3n6 + c20:4n6 + c22:4n6 + c22:5n6].