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. 2012 Aug 22;11:104. doi: 10.1186/1476-511X-11-104

Table 4.

Fatty acid concentration, mg/100 g of chicken breast filet from 16 animals fed a diet containing 4% soybean oil (SO) or 16 animals fed a diet containing 2% rapeseed oil plus 2% linseed oil (RLO)

 
SO
RLO
P*
  Mean SEM Mean SEM  
C14:0
9.75
1.20
9.85
1.03
0.951
C15:0
2.32
0.25
2.44
0.22
0.718
C16:0
307
28
287
25
0.585
C16:1 n-7
43.9
6.42
42.2
4.70
0.832
C18:0
142
10.31
137
10.44
0.736
C18:1,c9
451
55.45
507
53.6
0.469
C18:2,n-6 (LA)
379
42.78
245
21.0
0.009
C18:3,n-3 (ALA)
29.9
4.17
103
11.54
0.000
C20:4,n-6 (AA)
73.2
2.22
42.73
1.36
0.000
C20:5,n-3 (EPA)
4.54
0.24
21.19
0.61
0.000
C22:5,n-3 (DPA)
20.0
1.03
39.25
1.87
0.000
C22:6,n-3 (DHA)
14.1
0.97
20.41
1.10
0.000
SFA
459
39.74
433
36.0
0.634
MUFA
495
61.68
550
58.2
0.523
PUFA
521
48.04
472
34.8
0.420
n-3 PUFA
68.5
4.73
184
13.3
0.000
LC n-3 PUFA
38.6
1.72
80.9
2.97
0.000
AA/EPA
16.55
0.71
2.03
0.07
0.000
n-6/n-3
6.48
0.26
1.56
0.02
0.000
16:1n-7/16:0
0.13
0.01
0.14
0.00
0.240
18:1c9/18:0
3.03
0.18
3.65
0.13
0.010
AA/LA
0.23
0.03
0.19
0.01
0.146
EPA/ALA
0.22
0.05
0.23
0.02
0.879
DPA/EPA
4.52
0.28
1.86
0.09
0.000
DHA/DPA 0.72 0.05 0.53 0.02 0.001

(Mean values and standard errors, SEM).

*Significance in mean values between groups.

SFA: sum of 14:0, 16:0 and 18:0.

MUFA: sum of 16:1 n-7 and 18:1 n-9.

PUFA: sum of LA, ALA, AA, EPA, DPA and DHA.

n-3 PUFA: sum of ALA, EPA, DPA and DHA.

LC n-3 PUFA: sum of EPA, DPA and DHA.

n-6/n-3: (LA + AA)/(ALA + EPA + DPA + DHA).