The fatty acids compositions of the four brands of
canned sardines are presented in Tables 2 and 3. The
sequence of the fatty acids are ordered according to their
chromatographic retention times and the values are given
as weight percentages of the total acid methyl esters.
In some brands, it was possible to separate and to
identify 48 different fatty acids. However, some fatty
acids are present at concentrations that are below
0.13%, and were therefore excluded from Tables 2 and 3.
According to Badolato et al. (1994), the main saturated
fatty acids found in a typical refined soybean oil are: (i)
saturated C16:0 (11.6%) and C18:0 (2.8%); (ii) monounsaturated
C18:1n ) 9 (22.1%) and (iii) polyunsaturated
C18:2n ) 6 (54.2%) and C18:3n ) 3 (7.5%).