Australian and New Zealand fish oil products in 2016 meet label omega-3 claims and are not oxidized

Nutrients

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Nichols, Peter D ^a   Dogan, Lalen ^b   Sinclair, Andrew ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b DSM NUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS LTD   (Switzerland)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian and New Zealand fish oils; DHA; EPA; N 3 LC PUFA; Peroxide value

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FISH OIL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; PEROXIDE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG QUALITY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; ANALYSIS; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG LABELING; NEW ZEALAND; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; VICTORIA;

AUSTRALIA; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACIDS; DRUG LABELING; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FISH OILS; NEW ZEALAND; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUALITY CONTROL; VICTORIA;

EID: 84995469468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu8110703     Document Type: Article

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