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Table 2 Polar lipid and cholesterol contents of the study supplements

From: Acute appearance of fatty acids in human plasma – a comparative study between polar-lipid rich oil from the microalgae Nannochloropsis oculata and krill oil in healthy young males

Lipid

Algal oil

Krill oil

Phosphatidylcholine

2.34

26.77

1-Lysophosphatidylcholine

-

0.32

2- Lysophosphatidylcholine

0.73

2.64

Phosphatidylinositol

0.57

-

Phosphatidylethanolamine

-

1.59

Lysophosphatidylethanolamine

-

0.18

N-Acyl-Phosphatidylethanolamine

-

1.52

Phosphatidylglycerol

1.36

-

Other phospholipid

0.94

0.37

Digalactosydiacylglycerol

8.8

-

Monogalactosydiacylglycerol

2.5

-

Total polar lipids

17.25

33.39

Cholesterol

0.05

2.1

  1. Data are % of oil. Neither oil contained detectable amounts of lysophosphatidylinositol, phosphatidylserine, lysophosphatidylserine, sphingolipids, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidic acid or lysophosphatidic acid.