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Table 1 Major fatty acid composition of krill and fish oil used in Ramprasath et al.[1] and in typical fish oil

From: Commentary on a trial comparing krill oil versus fish oil

 

Ramprasath et al. [[1]]

Typical profile for fish oil

Fatty acid

Krill oil

Fish oil

 

16:0

22.1

17.1

15.4

18:2n-6 LA

2.1

32.5

1.4

18:1n-9

13.3

2.6

8.8

18:0

1.4

3.5

3.4

20:5n-3 EPA

16.4

13.5

19.1

22:6n-3 DHA

9.5

8.7

11.5

n-6:n-3 Ratio

0.095

1.2

0.14

EPA + DHA consumed*

778

664

918

  1. *Calculated from oil compositions and daily consumption of 3000 mg of oil.
  2. Typical fish oil data is the mean of 4 representative 18/12 product brands analysed following transmethylation and GC[9].
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