At 0:20 -0500 9/12/00, Krullin wrote:
>Thank you! That was exactly what I was searching. One last question: how do
>you know which polyunsaturated fats are Omega-3 and which ones are Omega-6.
>I know that linolenic, DHA and EPA are Omega-3 and that Linoleic and
>arachidonic are Omega 6, but what about the others??? Clupanodonic?
>Timnodonic? parinaric?
I think they are all w-3 as well.
You generally get pretty good results typing in the fatty acid name
and the word omega into a search engine. I just turned up this page,
which lists a frightening array of fats:
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/~henrick/mary.html
There are a lot of fats that are not listed in the USDA database!
...R.