3.4. Evaluation of the fatty acid results
FA content of cooked fish bones are shown in Table 3. The predominant FA in the NTF bones were oleic acid (C18:1n-9) and palmitic acid (C16:0) (8550 mg/100 g and 600 mg/100 g, respec- tively). There is limited data about the FA content of NTF bones specifically the monoenoic FA. The data for odd number FA are available for NTF (Owon, Salama, & Atta 1995; Ugoala, Ndukwe, &