title: [Fish oil products. Contents of n-3 fatty acids and oxidative break-down products].
abstract: Twenty-five fish oil products commercially available in Denmark were examined for their content of n-3 fatty acids. The magnitude of n-3 fatty acid intake was calculated when the dosage recommended by the manufacturers was adhered to. Where the majority of the products were concerned, the intake was much less than the approximately 2 g daily which produces demonstrable effect. Where isolated preparations are concerned, the intake is so limited that this has probably no value. The content of oxidation products in the preparations was also investigated. Compared with the quantity of oxidation products from other sources, the content in the preparations examined is of minor significance.
authors.affiliation: Aalborg Sygehus, klinisk-kemisk afdeling, København.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Madsen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dyerberg
mesh_terms: D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis; D005395:Fish Oils / Q000032:analysis*; D005396:Fish Products / Q000032:analysis*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005395:Fish Oils
vernacular_title: Fiskeolieprodukter. Indhold af n-3 fedtsyrer og oxidative nedbrydningsprodukter.