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Old 11-17-2006, 02:14 PM
EricT EricT is offline
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Oh I see what you were asking. I misread your post. The yielding is the amount of the omega 3 fatty acids eicosapenthaenoic acid(EPA) and docosehexaenoic acid(DHA). There are various other saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsats in the oil. These omega 3’s are the ones considered essential.

If you go to this link and look up “fish oil” and then choose something like sardine or salmon oil you will find a breakdown of all the fatty acids. At the bottom you’ll find a polyunsat that reads: 20:5n-3 which is EPA and one that reads 22:6n-3 which is DHA. The “n-3” btw, designates them as omega 3’s.

http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/cgi-bin/list_nut_edit.pl
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