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. 2023 May 29;12(11):2178. doi: 10.3390/foods12112178

Table 2.

The fatty acid composition of the meat and cream from E. sinensis (% of total fatty acid).

Meat Cream
N-M10 P-M10 N-M11 P-M11 N-M10 P-M10 N-M11 P-M11
C14:0 0.35 ± 0.06 0.49 ± 0.03 0.38 ± 0.02 0.62 ± 0.03 0.94 ± 0.02 1.28 ± 0.05 0.77 ± 0.06 1.23 ± 0.03
C15:0 N.D. 0.32 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.02 0.45 ± 0.03 0.73 ± 0.04 0.43 ± 0.02 0.56 ± 0.01
C16:0 14.50 ± 0.46 15.13 ± 0.11 14.15 ± 0.15 14.04 ± 0.40 20.17 ± 0.36 21.83 ± 0.42 19.26 ± 0.18 19.49 ± 0.12
C17:0 0.57 ± 0.08 0.66 ± 0.05 0.45 ± 0.02 0.54 ± 0.02 0.35 ± 0.09 0.48 ± 0.05 0.24 ± 0.01 0.35 ± 0.05
C18:0 7.56 ± 0.35 7.29 ± 0.40 6.71 ± 0.25 6.40 ± 0.01 2.49 ± 0.30 2.92 ± 0.24 2.49 ± 0.13 2.60 ± 0.06
C20:0 N.D. N.D. N.D. N.D. 0.23 ± 0.02 N.D. N.D. 0.21 ± 0.02
C24:0 12.47 ± 0.47 9.98 ± 0.14 12.48 ± 0.16 11.13 ± 0.13 1.71 ± 0.20 1.64 ± 0.10 1.42 ± 0.12 1.54 ± 0.16
SFA 1 35.45 ± 1.00 a 33.87 ± 0.43 bc 34.38 ± 0.55 b 33.01 ± 0.21 c 26.34 ± 0.26 B 28.88 ± 0.72 A 24.61 ± 0.42 C 25.98 ± 0.44 B
C16:1 n7 3.14 ± 0.17 3.20 ± 0.12 2.89 ± 0.02 2.79 ± 0.06 8.72 ± 0.15 7.81 ± 0.09 7.59 ± 0.10 7.71 ± 0.02
C17:1 n7 0.47 ± 0.06 0.51 ± 0.03 0.45 ± 0.06 0.44 ± 0.02 0.54 ± 0.05 0.50 ± 0.04 0.48 ± 0.02 0.52 ± 0.02
C18:1 n9 20.71 ± 0.51 22.74 ± 0.13 21.45 ± 0.11 21.75 ± 0.09 28.05 ± 0.17 27.45 ± 0.60 29.23 ± 0.16 29.06 ± 0.11
C20:1 n9 0.42 ± 0.08 0.51 ± 0.02 0.44 ± 0.01 1.58 ± 0.03 0.53 ± 0.05 0.74 ± 0.09 0.61 ± 0.02 0.92 ± 0.02
MUFA 24.74 ± 0.67 b 26.96 ± 0.05 a 25.24 ± 0.15 b 26.56 ± 0.21 a 37.84 ± 0.29 A 36.50 ± 0.53 B 37.92 ± 0.28 A 38.22 ± 0.13 A
C18:2 n6 17.27 ± 0.24 13.27 ± 0.22 18.11 ± 0.19 15.08 ± 0.09 25.43 ± 0.27 16.54 ± 0.43 26.47 ± 0.36 19.60 ± 0.19
C18:3 n3 1.66 ± 0.06 1.39 ± 0.06 1.34 ± 0.04 0.21 ± 0.02 2.39 ± 0.08 2.35 ± 0.19 1.70 ± 0.03 2.07 ± 0.01
C20:2 n6 1.31 ± 0.08 1.81 ± 0.11 1.37 ± 0.07 1.62 ± 0.10 0.90 ± 0.10 2.07 ± 0.29 1.09 ± 0.05 1.68 ± 0.10
C20:3 n3 0.35 ± 0.03 0.29 ± 0.33 0.34 ± 0.01 N.D. 0.31 ± 0.05 0.35 ± 0.48 0.32 ± 0.01 0.28 ± 0.03
C20:4 n6 4.62 ± 0.17 7.08 ± 0.23 4.56 ± 0.19 6.32 ± 0.17 1.08 ± 0.12 2.79 ± 0.20 1.11 ± 0.14 2.10 ± 0.09
C22:6 n3 6.30 ± 0.40 5.48 ± 0.26 6.45 ± 0.27 7.13 ± 0.20 0.93 ± 0.22 1.08 ± 0.06 0.89 ± 0.11 2.01 ± 0.19
PUFA 31.50 ± 0.64 a 29.31 ± 0.07 c 32.17 ± 0.37 a 30.36 ± 0.35 b 31.04 ± 0.22 A 25.18 ± 0.61 C 31.58 ± 0.63 A 27.74 ± 0.26 B
n3 PUFA 8.30 ± 0.46 a 7.15 ± 0.27 b 8.13 ± 0.27 a 7.34 ± 0.19 b 3.64 ± 0.22 B 3.78 ± 0.14 B 2.91 ± 0.11 C 4.36 ± 0.16 A
n6 PUFA 23.20 ± 0.23 b 22.16 ± 0.21 c 24.04 ± 0.11 a 23.02 ± 0.17 b 27.40 ± 0.28 B 21.40 ± 0.57 D 28.67 ± 0.54 A 23.39 ± 0.33 C
n3/n6 0.36 ± 0.02 a 0.32 ± 0.02 b 0.34 ± 0.01 ab 0.32 ± 0.01 b 0.13 ± 0.01 B 0.18 ± 0.01 A 0.10 ± 0.00 C 0.18 ± 0.01 A

1 Letters in lower case mark the significant difference of the SFA, MUFA, and PUFA of the meat samples (p < 0.05); letters in upper case mark the significant difference of the SFA, MUFA, and PUFA of the cream samples (p < 0.05). N.D. = not detected.