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. 2014 Sep 18;2014:137652. doi: 10.1155/2014/137652

Table 4.

Fatty acid profile of the abdominal fat of broiler chicken (percentage of total identified fatty acids) across treatment groups.

Fatty acids CON LCLA HCLA SEM P value
C12:0 0.10 0.18 0.23 0.039 0.379
C14:0 0.97b 0.91b 1.11a 0.028 0.004
C16:0 29.54b 28.88b 32.39a 0.500 0.002
C16:1 4.22 4.03 3.51 0.160 0.143
C18:0 7.80b 7.32b 14.16a 0.755 <0.0001
C18:1n-9 40.67a 40.30a 27.96b 1.370 <0.0001
C18:2n-6 16.03 15.81 15.33 0.199 0.305
C18:3n-3 0.44b 0.47b 0.89a 0.057 <0.0001
cis-9, tran-11 CLA 0.00c 0.92b 2.56a 0.214 <0.0001
trans-10, cis-12 CLA 0.00c 0.39b 1.51a 0.131 <0.0001
C20:4n-6 0.21 0.78 0.35 1.404 0.197
aTotal SFA 38.42b 37.30b 47.88a 1.230 <0.0001
bTotal MUFA 44.90a 44.34a 31.47b 1.472 <0.0001
cTotal n-3 PUFA 0.44b 0.47b 0.89a 0.057 <0.0001
dTotal n-6 PUFA 16.25 16.59 15.68 0.217 0.192
Total PUFA 16.69 17.06 16.57 0.223 0.632
en-6 : n-3 ratio 36.93a 35.29a 17.61b 7.392 0.033
PUFA : SFA ratio 0.45a 0.46a 0.35b 0.001 0.0007
fTotal CLA 0.00c 1.30b 4.07a 0.344 <0.001

CON: control; LCLA: low conjugated linoleic acid; HCLA: high conjugated linoleic acid.

The data are expressed as the percentage of total identified fatty acids.

aTotal SFA = sum of C12:0 + C14:0 + C16:0 + C18:0.

bTotal MUFA = sum of C16:1 + C18:1n-9.

cTotal n-3 PUFA = C18:3n-3.

dTotal n-6 PUFA = sum of C18:2n-6 + C20:4n-6.

en-6 : n-3 FAR = sum of (C18:2n-6 + C20:4n-6) ÷ (C18:3n-3).

fTotal CLA = sum of cis-9, trans-11 CLA + trans-10, cis-12 CLA.

Data presented as mean with pooled SEM (n = 10). a,bMean values within a row with no common superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).