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. 2025 Mar 24;15(7):929. doi: 10.3390/ani15070929

Table 6.

Effect of essential oils blend on fatty acid profile from breast muscle in broilers.

Items 1 Essential Oils Blend (EOB mg/L) SEM 2 p-Value
CON EOB150 EOB250 EOB350
C12:0 0.03 a 0.03 a 0.023 b 0.025 b 0.001 0.020
C14:0 0.72 0.70 0.69 0.69 0.008 0.506
C16:0 24.96 24.81 23.56 23.90 0.274 0.196
C18:0 8.44 a 7.51 ab 7.10 b 7.17 b 0.189 0.034
C16:1 3.96 4.28 4.62 4.20 0.183 0.682
C18:1n9 39.37 39.63 42.05 41.63 0.507 0.138
C18:2n6 14.95 ab 14.85 b 15.94 a 15.91 a 0.182 0.035
C18:3n3 2.21 b 2.48 ab 2.86 a 2.89 a 0.088 0.007
C18:3n6 0.29 0.34 0.37 0.35 0.012 0.166
C20:4n6 4.29 b 4.62 ab 5.20 a 5.10 a 0.128 0.029
C20:5n3 0.21 0.22 0.25 0.26 0.007 0.056
C22:4n6 0.68 b 0.69 b 0.77 a 0.72 ab 0.010 0.004
C22:6n3 2.44 2.54 2.92 2.62 0.067 0.053
SFA 34.16 a 33.06 ab 31.38 b 31.78 b 0.383 0.030
MUFA 43.34 43.92 46.67 45.84 0.612 0.175
PUFA 25.11 b 25.75 b 28.33 a 27.87 a 0.325 0.001
n-6 PUFA 20.24 b 20.51 b 22.28 a 22.10 a 0.257 0.001
n-3 PUFA 4.87 c 5.24 bc 6.05 a 5.77 ab 0.131 0.001

a–c Means in the same row with different superscripts are significantly different (p < 0.05). 1 Lauric acid (C12:0); Myristic acid (C14:0); Palmitic acid (C16:0); Stearic acid (C18:0); Palmitoleic acid (C16:1); Oleic acid (C18:1n9); Linoleic acid (LA, C18:2n6c); α-Linolenic acid (ALA, C18:3n3); γ-linoleic acid (C18:3n6); Arachidonic acid (AA, C20:4n6); Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5n3); Docosatetraenoic acid (C22:4n6); Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6n3); SFA: Saturated fatty acid; MUFA: Monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: Polyunsaturated fatty acid. SFA percentage is the sum of C12:0, C14:0, C16:0, and C18:0; MUFA percentage was calculated as the sum of C16:1and C18:1n-9; PUFA percentage was calculated as the sum of C18:2n6c, C18:3n3, C18:3n6, C20:4n6, C20:5n3, C22:4n6, and C22:6n3. 2 SEM: standard error of the mean. CON = control drinking water (without EOB); EOB150 = DW + 150 mg/L EOB; EOB250 = DW + 250 mg/L EOB; EOB350 = DW + 350 mg/L EOB.