Fatty acid composition and fat-soluble vitamin content of herring oil Fatty acid 1,2 Atlantic Herring oil
14:0 6.4 
16:0 11.9
16:1 9.0
18:0 1.1
18:1 (n-9) 12.5
18:2 (n-6) 1.2
18:3 (n-3) 0.6
18:4 1.8
20:1 15.2
20:4 (n-6) 0.3
20:5 (n-3) 6.8
22:1 21.8
22:5 (n-3) 0.8
22:6 (n-3) 4.6
Total Saturates 19.8 (15.6-20.8) 3
Total Monoenes 58.6 (52.1-65.5 %)
Total Polyunsaturates 18.8 (17.3-22.4)
Total n-6 1.6 (0.8-2)
Total n-3 12.9 (6.9-14.8)
Iodine value2 127.8 (111.6-139.2)
Vitamin A (IU/g)4 30-200
Vitamin D (IU/g) 4 25 - 160
Vitamin E (IU/g) 5 30 - 89
1 expressed as wt % composition of oil
2 RG Ackman, CA Eaton (1966) Some commercial Atlantic herring oils; fatty acid composition. J. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. 23 (7) 991-1006.
3 range of values reported by Ackman and Eaton (1966)
4 BE Bailey, NM Carter, LA Swain (1952) Marine oils – with particular reference to those of Canada. Fish. Res. Bd. Can. No. 89.
5OR Braekkan, G Lambertsen, H Myklestad (1963) Alpha-tocopherol in some marine organisms and fish oils. Fiskeridirektoratets Skrifter IV (8) 3-10.
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