Table 5.
Fatty acid distribution (% of FAME) in chicken breast muscle
| |
Selenium |
|
Linseed oil |
|
Low Se without LO |
High Se with LO |
|
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
Low |
High |
|
Without |
With |
|
|
||
| Distribution, % FAME | n = 33 | n = 32 | p | n = 32 | n = 33 | p | n = 16 | n = 16 | p |
| C14:0 |
0.50 |
0.53 |
0.262 |
0.49 |
0.54 |
0.052 |
0.48 |
0.56 |
0.028 |
| C14:1 n-5 |
0.09 |
0.09 |
0.167 |
0.08 |
0.10 |
0.006 |
0.08 |
0.10 |
0.004 |
| C15:0 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.375 |
0.13 |
0.15 |
<0.001 |
0.13 |
0.15 |
<0.001 |
| C16:0 |
17.5 |
17.9 |
0.038 |
17.8 |
17.5 |
0.068 |
17.7 |
17.7 |
0.863 |
| C16:1 n-7 |
1.72 |
1.94 |
0.095 |
1.71 |
1.94 |
0.091 |
1.61 |
2.06 |
0.016 |
| C17:0 |
0.29 |
0.29 |
0.888 |
0.27 |
0.30 |
<0.001 |
0.27 |
0.30 |
0.002 |
| C18:0 |
11.0 |
10.5 |
0.106 |
10.6 |
11.0 |
0.138 |
10.7 |
10.6 |
0.920 |
| C18:1 n-9 |
22.4 |
23.4 |
0.190 |
21.9 |
23.7 |
0.027 |
21.5 |
24.4 |
0.009 |
| C18:2 n-6 |
16.8 |
17.4 |
0.525 |
20.8 |
13.7 |
<0.001 |
20.3 |
13.8 |
<0.001 |
| C20:0 |
0.06 |
0.06 |
0.394 |
0.07 |
0.06 |
0.116 |
0.06 |
0.06 |
0.650 |
| C18:3 n-6 |
0.10 |
0.10 |
0.999 |
0.14 |
0.07 |
<0.001 |
0.14 |
0.08 |
<0.001 |
| C18:3 n-3 |
2.87 |
3.21 |
0.487 |
1.27 |
4.68 |
<0.001 |
1.22 |
4.97 |
<0.001 |
| C20:1 n-9 |
0.26 |
0.26 |
0.964 |
0.29 |
0.23 |
<0.001 |
0.29 |
0.22 |
0.003 |
| C20:2 n-6 |
0.75 |
0.68 |
0.339 |
0.93 |
0.51 |
<0.001 |
0.98 |
0.49 |
<0.001 |
| C20:3 n-6 |
0.92 |
0.82 |
0.037 |
0.85 |
0.89 |
0.498 |
0.91 |
0.84 |
0.301 |
| C20:3 n-3 |
0.39 |
0.36 |
0.585 |
0.16 |
0.57 |
<0.001 |
0.17 |
0.55 |
<0.001 |
| C20:4 n-6 |
5.40 |
4.91 |
0.359 |
6.85 |
3.58 |
<0.001 |
7.18 |
3.43 |
<0.001 |
| C20:5 n-3 |
1.42 |
1.32 |
0.705 |
0.37 |
2.31 |
<0.001 |
0.39 |
2.24 |
<0.001 |
| C22:5 n-3 |
2.81 |
2.50 |
0.353 |
1.49 |
3.75 |
<0.001 |
1.61 |
3.56 |
<0.001 |
| C22:6 n-3 |
2.09 |
1.70 |
0.044 |
1.43 |
2.35 |
<0.001 |
1.56 |
2.09 |
0.008 |
| 20:4n6/20:5n3 |
9.9 |
10.0 |
0.963 |
18.9 |
1.6 |
<0.001 |
18.8 |
1.5 |
<0.001 |
| n-6/n-3 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 0.597 | 6.4 | 1.4 | <0.001 | 6.0 | 1.4 | <0.001 |