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. 2015 Jun 24;14:61. doi: 10.1186/s12944-015-0058-6

Table 7.

Effect of treatments on saturated, Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of broiler breast meat

Treatments 2013 2014
ΣSFA ΣMUFA ΣPUFA PUFA: SFA ΣSFA ΣMUFA ΣPUFA PUFA: SFA
T0 30.76a 25.81b 13.41a 0.45 29.25a 24.55b 12.60a 0.43
T1 29.37ab 25.54bc 12.91ab 0.44 27.37b 24.25bc 12.10ab 0.44
T2 28.00b 23.12d 12.38b 0.44 26.52bc 24.87ab 11.97b 0.45
T3 27.29c 23.25 cd 11.76c 0.44 25.46 cd 23.69c 11.00c 0.43
T4 27.84bc 22.85de 12.09bc 0.43 25.90c 25.31a 11.48bc 0.44
T5 26.61 cd 21.87e 11.41c 0.43 24.89d 21.57e 10.84 cd 0.44
T6 23.93de 23.13d 10.36d 0.43 21.98e 21.44e 9.77e 0.44
T7 25.68d 24.64c 10.8 cd 0.42 24.19de 23.23 cd 10.67d 0.44
T8 23.01e 26.57a 10.04de 0.43 21.29ef 21.97de 9.96de 0.46
T9 21.69f 26.16ab 9.88e 0.45 20.64f 22.25d 9.62f 0.46

Means sharing similar letters in a column do not differ significantly from one another (p 0.05)

T0 = control without antioxidants, T1 = 100 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T2 = 100 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T3 = 100 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T4 = 200 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T5 = 200 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T6 = 200 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed, T7 = 300 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T8 = 300 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed, T9 = 300 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed

SFA = Saturated fatty acids

MUFA = Mono unsaturated fatty acids

PUFA = Poly unsaturated fatty acids

PUFA/SFA = Ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids and saturated fatty acids