Table 5 Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) and incremental AUC for each fatty acid following consumption of the test meal with algal oil or krill oil
Algal oil | Krill oil | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fatty acid | AUC ((μg/ml)/hr) | IAUC ((μg/ml)/hr) | AUC ((μg/ml)/hr) | IAUC ((μg/ml)/hr) |
Myristic | 611 ± 400 | 250 ± 166 | 580 ± 250 | 268 ± 169 |
Palmitic | 8670 ± 3161 | 1398 ± 931 | 8394 ± 2432 | 1170 ± 526 |
Palmitoleic | 753 ± 596 | 128 ± 93 | 697 ± 257 | 105 ± 51 |
Heptadecanoic | 144 ± 62 | 74 ± 88 | 165 ± 47 | 62 ± 30 |
Stearic | 2727 ± 697 | 419 ± 299 | 2684 ± 758 | 365 ± 200 |
Oleic | 8580 ± 3739 | 1851 ± 1289 | 8502 ± 2711 | 1614 ± 968 |
Cis-Vaccenic | 648 ± 251 | 107 ± 69 | 689 ± 233 | 107 ± 62 |
Linoleic | 10025 ± 2027 | 1102 ± 737 | 10074 ± 1997 | 800 ± 337 |
γ-Linolenic | 180 ± 153 | 22 ± 17 | 136 ± 59 | 11 ± 4 |
α-Linolenic | 473 ± 218 | 198 ± 120 | 469 ± 216 | 191 ± 126 |
Arachidic | 69 ± 41 | 16 ± 13 | 75 ± 28 | 17 ± 10 |
Dihomo-γ-linolenic | 518 ± 137 | 44 ± 31 | 513 ± 122 | 31 ± 15 |
Arachidonic | 2342 ± 550 | 214 ± 107 | 2290 ± 646 | 134 ± 81 |
EPA | 533 ± 157 | 277 ± 135 | 391 ± 120* | 137 ± 39** |
DPA | 220 ± 58 | 39 ± 26 | 214 ± 58 | 25 ± 12 |
DHA | 582 ± 164 | 65 ± 45 | 621 ± 205 | 70 ± 39 |