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Table 2

Fatty acid profile (% total) of the tested lipid sources.

Fatty Acid Fish oil Linseed oil Sunflower oil
(FA) (FO) (LO) (SFO)

8:0 0.1 < 0.1
11:0 0.1 < 0.1 0.2
12:0 0.16 0.2
13:0 0.1 0.2 0.1
14:0 4.6 4.1 3.7
15:0 0.5 0.1
16:0 6.9 3.9 10.3
17:0 0.2
18:0 1.9 2.9 1.3
20:0 0.1 0.2
22:0 < 0.1 0.2 0.5
23:0 0.4 0.5 1.3
24:0 0.2 0.2 0.1
14:1 3.3 0.4 0.2
15:1 < 0.1
16:1 9.4 0.5 0.2
17:1 0.4 0.1
18:1 21.1 14.8 23.0
20:1 8.1 0.2
22:1 9.9 0.9 0.3
24:1 1.1 1.1 0.9
18:2 n-6 1.2 10.7 56.0
18:3 n-3 1.1 58.6 1.1
20:2 n-6 2.0
20:3 n-3 0.8
20:4 n-6 1.4
20:5 n-3 12.7
22:2 n-6 1.1
22:5 n-3 1.1
22:6 n-3 8.3

SFA 15.1 12.2 18.0
MUFA 53.3 17.7 24.9
PUFA 29.7 69.3 57.1
n-3 LcPUFA 22.9
n-6 PUFA 5.7 10.7 56.0

n = 3, SD = 0.00 or ranged between 0.001–0.005; SFA, saturated FA; MUFA, monounsaturated FA; PUFA, polyunsaturated FA; LcPUFA, longchain PUFA.

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