Fatty acid composition of eight species of Indian marine fish

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1972
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Gopakumar, K.
Nair, M. R.
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Tropical fish oils were found to be relatively saturated. The species examined showed wide variations in myristic acid (2 to 11.3), palmitic (20 to 35) stearic (7 to 16), C18:1 (7.9 co 24), C20:5 (1 to11) and C22:6 (2 to 10). Mussel lipids and lipids of mullet contained very high percentages of odd numbered fatty acids,
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J. Sci. Food Agr.23(4):493-496