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. 2021 Mar 5;10(3):539. doi: 10.3390/foods10030539

Table 2.

Fatty acid composition (%) of various oils commonly employed in parenteral lipid emulsions [10].

Soybean Safflower Olive Fish
Oleic acid (n-9) 25 15 85 0
Linoleic acid (n-6) 50 77 4 1–3
Linolenic acid (n-3) 10 0 < 1.5 1–5
EPA 0 0 0 5–14
DHA 0 0 0 5–27