Table 3.
Results of GC-FID and BI calculations.
| Fish Oil Supplement, Brand A | Fish Oil Supplement, Brand B | Fish Oil Supplement, Brand C | |||||||||
| PUFA |
Ca (mg/kg
Lipid) |
Cb (mg/kg
Lipid) |
BI
(%) |
PUFA |
Ca (mg/kg
Lipid) |
Cb (mg/kg
Lipid) |
BI
(%) |
PUFA |
Ca (mg/kg
Lipid) |
Cb (mg/kg
Lipid) |
BI
(%) |
| C22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 102,880 | 31,193 | 30.3 | C22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 269,396 | 185,991 | 69.0 | C22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 142,982 | 46,858 | 32.6 |
| C20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 137,695 | 49,958 | 36.3 | C20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 58,620 | 43,965 | 75.0 | C20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 197,368 | 61,695 | 31.0 |
| C20:3 n-3 | 1234 | 0 | 0 | C20:3 n-3 | 1939 | 0 | 0 | C20:3 n-3 | 20,833 | 0 | 0 |
| C18:3 n-3 | 1939 | 4669 | Ν/A | N/A | |||||||
| TOTAL (n-3) | 241,809 | 81,151 | 33.5 |
TOTAL
(n-3) |
329,955 | 229,956 | 69.0 | TOTAL (n-3) | 361,183 | 108,553 | 30.0 |
| Fish Oil Supplement, Brand D | Fish | Egg | |||||||||
| PUFA | Ca (mg/kg Lipid) |
Cb (mg/kg
Lipid) |
BI
(%) |
PUFA |
Ca (mg/kg
Lipid) |
Cb (mg/kg
Lipid) |
BI
(%) |
PUFA |
Ca (mg/kg
Lipid) |
Cb (mg/kg
Lipid) |
BI
(%) |
| C22:5 n-3 (DPA) | 3089 | 708 | 22.9 | C22:6 n-3 (DHA) |
389 | 93 | 23.9 | C22:6 n-3 (DHA) | 5102 | 0 | 0 |
| C21:5 n-3 | 1242 | 175 | 14.1 | C20:5 n-3 (EPA) |
254 | 106 | 41.7 | C22:5 n-3 | 100 | 0 | 0 |
| C20:5 n-3 (EPA) | 24,991 | 3817 | 15.3 | C18:3 n-3 | 254 | 40 | 15.7 | C21:5 n-3 | 171 | 0 | 0 |
| C20:4 n-3 | 2257 | 296 | 13.1 | C18:4 n-3 | 0 | 240 | N/A | C18:4 n-3 | 211 | 0 | 0 |
| C20:3 n-3 | 506 | 71 | 14.4 | C18:3 n-3 | 21 | 579 | Ν/A | ||||
| C18:4 n-3 | 42,269 | 4523 | 10.7 | ||||||||
| C18:3 n-3 | 0 | 669 | N/A | ||||||||
| TOTAL (n-3) | 74,354 | 9590 | 12.9 |
TOTAL
(n-3) |
897 | 239 | 26.6 | TOTAL (n-3) | 5605 | 0 | 0 |
All values are expressed as mean values from at least 2 independent experiments. The BI was calculated for the PUFAs that were initially present in the sample (Ca > 0).