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. 2023 Sep 4;14:121. doi: 10.1186/s40104-023-00904-6

Table 3.

Effects of rosemary extract on fatty acid profile (g/100 g) in egg yolk of laying hens1

Item CON CTC RE50 RE100 RE200 SEM P-value
C12:0 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.000 0.47
C14:0 0.19 0.17 0.18 0.17 0.19 0.001 0.53
C14:1 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.004 0.22
C15:0 0.020a 0.017ab 0.012c 0.013bc 0.014bc 0.001  < 0.01
C16:0 13.26 12.78 13.05 12.88 13.29 0.26 0.56
C16:1 1.79 1.64 1.64 1.65 1.56 0.12 0.72
C18:0 4.18b 4.37ab 4.50ab 4.94a 5.03a 0.16  < 0.01
C18:1 n-9c 10.55c 10.60bc 11.10abc 11.36a 11.31ab 0.21 0.02
C18:2 n-6c 7.96 6.99 6.97 7.00 7.71 0.32 0.09
C18:3 n-3 0.28 0.25 0.24 0.26 0.29 0.02 0.20
C20:2 0.12 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.12 0.005 0.07
C21:0 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.003 0.06
C20:3 n-6 0.10 0.08 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.007 0.53
C20:4 n-6 1.09 1.13 1.11 1.19 1.21 0.04 0.23
C22:6 n-3 0.55 0.62 0.62 0.64 0.70 0.04 0.11
SFA 17.68 17.37 17.77 18.04 18.56 0.37 0.24
MUFA 12.39 12.29 12.78 13.05 12.92 0.23 0.10
PUFA 10.10 9.17 9.16 9.30 10.12 0.36 0.14
n-6 9.16 8.20 8.18 8.29 9.00 0.34 0.13
n-3 0.83 0.87 0.86 0.90 1.00 0.04 0.09
n-6/n-3 11.14a 9.46ab 9.61ab 9.37ab 9.06b 0.49 0.04
UFA/SFA 1.27 1.24 1.24 1.24 1.25 0.03 0.91

CON Control, CTC 50 mg/kg chlortetracycline, RE50 50 mg/kg rosemary extract, RE100 100 mg/kg rosemary extract, RE200 200 mg/kg rosemary extract

1Values are shown as mean ± SEM, n = 6

a–cResults without a common superscript means significant difference at P < 0.05