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ODD-NUMBERED fatty acids (C15, C17, C19 and C21) in marine oils are normally found to total 1–4 per cent of the aoids of all chain-lengths. This is most reliably indicated by gas-liquid chromatography of hydrogenated ester samples, since minor amounts of unsaturated odd-numbered fatty acids may be overlooked or confused with acids of the predominant even-numbered chainlengths. An exception to these typical compositions is the oil of the striped mullet Mugil cephalus, which has been found to contain up to 25 per cent saturated, mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated odd-numbered fatty acids1–3.
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ACKMAN, R. Occurrence of Odd-numbered Fatty Acids in the Mullet Mugil cephalus. Nature 208, 1213–1214 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081213a0
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