Salmon oil

General chemical structure of oils like salmon oil. R ¹ , R ² and R ³ therein are alkyl radicals (approx. 22%) or alkenyl radicals (78%) with a mostly uneven number of carbon atoms. Like other natural oils, salmon oil is a mixture of tri esters of glycerine .

Salmon oil is an oil that is extracted from salmon . It is mainly available in capsules, because it has a strong odor , and is sold as a dietary supplement in pharmacies , health food stores and drug stores , but now also by discounters .

composition

It consists of triglycerides , i.e. fatty acid esters of glycerine. Of the triglycerides, 22% are derived from saturated, 43% from monounsaturated and 35% from polyunsaturated fatty acids. Whereby 30% of the fatty acid residues in salmon oil consists of omega-3 fatty acid residues. Per 100 grams of salmon there are around one to two percent of esterified eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid .

properties

Salmon oil capsules

Salmon oil has a high content of triglycerides, which contain omega-3 fatty acid residues, and is therefore said to have a preventive effect against many heart diseases, since the cholesterol level is lowered and the flow properties of the blood are significantly improved. In addition, the triglycerides of the omega-3 fatty acids are said to have a positive influence on many diseases of civilization such as allergies , arteriosclerosis , high blood pressure , rheumatism or certain types of cancer .

Web links

American Heart Association: Fish and Omega-3 Fatty Acids .

Individual evidence

↑ Kris-Etherton, PM, Harris WS, Appel LJ: Fish consumption, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease. In: Circulation. Volume 106, Number 21, November 2002, ISSN 1524-4539 , pp. 2747-2757, PMID 12438303 .

[1] Kris-Etherton, PM, Harris WS, Appel LJ: Fish consumption, fish oil, omega-3 fatty acids, and cardiovascular disease. In: Circulation. Volume 106, Number 21, November 2002, ISSN 1524-4539 , pp. 2747-2757, PMID 12438303 .