Fatty Acid Composition and Levels of Selected Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Four Commercial Important Freshwater Fish Species from Lake Victoria, Tanzania

Table 1

Fatty acid composition from the four commercial fish species of Mwanza Gulf in Lake Victoria.

Fatty acid	L. niloticus	O. niloticus	R. argentea	T. zillii	Level of saturation
Myristic acid	*	*	*	*	Saturated
Pentadecanoic acid	*	*	*	*	Saturated
Palmitic acid	*	*	*	*	Saturated
Tricosanoic acid	*	—	*	—	Saturated
Stearic acid	*	*	*	*	Saturated
Heptadecanoic acid	*	*	*	*	Saturated
Lignoceric acid	*	*	*	*	Saturated
Nonadecanoic acid	*	*	*	*	Saturated
Heneicosanoate	*	*	—	*	Saturated
Tetradecenoic acid	—	*	—	—	MUFA
9-Octadecenoic acid	—	*	—	—	MUFA
11-Octadecenoic acid	*	*	—	*	MUFA
Tetradecanoate	—	*	—	—	MUFA
Heptadecenoic acid	*	*	*	*	MUFA
Hexadecenoic acid	*	*	*	*	MUFA
11-Eicosenoic acid	—	*	—	*	MUFA
Oleic acid	*	*	*	*	MUFA
11,13-Eicosadienoic acid	—	*	—	—	PUFA
11,14-Eicosadienoic acid	—	*	*	—	PUFA
Linoleic acid	*	*	*	*	PUFA
Arachidonic acid	*	*	*	*	PUFA
Eicosatrienoic acid	*	*	—	*	PUFA
Docosatetraenoic acid	*	*	—	*	PUFA
4,7,10,13,16-Docosapentaenoate	*	*	*	*	PUFA
Docosatrienoic acid	*	*	*	*	PUFA
Docosahexaenoic acid	*	*	*	*	PUFA
Alpha linolenic acid	—	*	—	—	PUFA
Heneicosapentaenoic acid	*	*	—	*	PUFA
Eicosatrienoic acid	*	*	—	*	PUFA
Eicosapentaenoic acid	*	*	*	*	PUFA
Docosapentaenoic acid	*	*	—	*	PUFA
Eicosatetraenoic acid	*	*	*	*	PUFA
8,11-Octadecadienoic acid	*	*	*	*	Unsaturated
10,13-Octadecadienoic acid	*	—	*	—	Unsaturated
Eicosadienoic acid	—	*	—	—	Unsaturated
7,10-Hexadecadienoic acid	—	*	—	—	Unsaturated