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. 2022 Dec 20;415(5):875–885. doi: 10.1007/s00216-022-04480-y

Table 2.

Abbreviation list of the used fatty acids with their trivial name and their short form for TAGs

Fatty acid Trivial name Short form (*[30]) Short form for TAGs [31]
16:0 Palmitic acid PA* P
16:1Δ9 Palmitoleic acid PnA Pn
18:0 Stearic acid SA* S
18:1Δ9 Oleic acid OA* O
18:2Δ9,12 Linoleic acid LA* L
18:3Δ9,12,15 α-Linolenic acid ALA* Ln
20:5Δ5,8,11,14,17 Eicosapentaenoic acid EPA Ep
22:5Δ7,10,13,16,19 Docosapentaenoic acid DPA Dp
22:6Δ4,7,10,13,16,19 Docosahexaenoic acid DHA Dh