Table 6. Fatty acid composition analysis of fish oil by GC-MS
| NO. | Retention time (min) | Fatty acid type | Percentage composition (%) |
| 1 | 12.82 | C12:0 (lauric acid) | 0.03 |
| 2 | 13.31 | C13:0 | 13.32 |
| 3 | 13.68 | C14:0 (myristic acid) | 2.43 |
| 4 | 13.83 | C14:1 | 0.20 |
| 5 | 14.89 | C15:0 | 0.12 |
| 6 | 15.08 | C15:1 | 2.58 |
| 7 | 16.25 | C16:1 | 9.79 |
| 8 | 15.96 | C16:3 | 0.57 |
| 9 | 24.05 | C17:0 | 3.37 |
| 10 | 20.18 | C17:1 | 3.24 |
| 11 | 20.04 | C18:0 (stearic acid) | 0.28 |
| 12 | 19.91 | C18:1 (oleic acid) | 9.12 |
| 13 | 19.70 | C18:2 (linoleic acid) | 15.74 |
| 14 | 19.28 | C18:4 | 4.34 |
| 15 | 29.65 | C19:0 | 0.13 |
| 16 | 21.51 | C19:1 | 0.53 |
| 17 | 23.80 | C20:1 | 1.48 |
| 18 | 25.86 | C20:2 | 0.33 |
| 19 | 27.58 | C20:3 | 1.28 |
| 20 | 22.57 | C20:4 (arachidonic acid) | 12.14 |
| 21 | 23.11 | C20:5 (EPA) | 1.19 |
| 22 | 26.37 | C21:3 | 0.18 |
| 23 | 25.62 | C21:5 | 0.16 |
| 24 | 27.93 | C22:1 | 5.79 |
| 25 | 27.40 | C22:4 | 2.21 |
| 26 | 26.64 | C22:5 (DPA) | 0.23 |
| 27 | 26.88 | C22:6 (DHA) | 8.06 |
| 28 | 34.24 | C24:0 | 0.09 |
| 29 | 32.73 | C24:1 | 0.86 |
| 30 | 31.93 | C24:5 | 0.04 |
| 31 | 31.67 | C25:6 | 0.14 |
GC-MS, chromatograph-mass spectrometer; EPA, eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA:docosapentaenoic acid; DHA:adocosahexaenoic acid.