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. 2016 Jun 2;11(6):e0156765. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156765

Table 5. Effects of addition of linseed or linseed and marine algae to the diet on fatty acid composition (g/100 g of total identified fatty acid methyl esters) in intramuscular adipose tissue of Navarra breed lambs.

Item2 Treatment1
C L L-A SEM P-value
Total fatty acids (mg/100 g muscle) 3,125 2,943 3,158 196 0.726
SFA
    C12:0 0.57A 0.37B 0.38B 0.03 <0.001
    C14:0 4.28a 3.67b 4.02ab 0.14 0.021
    C16:0 27.3C 26.8B 31.5A 0.40 <0.001
    C18:0 13.7A 13.5A 12.5B 0.20 0.001
    C20:0 0.03 0.13 0.03 0.04 0.413
    Total SFA3 48.9b 47.5Bb 50.7Aa 0.50 <0.001
MUFA
    C16:1 c9 1.64Aa 1.42b 1.28Bb 0.06 0.001
    C18:1 t-10 + C18:1 t-11 2.88B 7.04A 7.93A 0.50 <0.001
    C18:1 c-9 (oleic acid) 28.9A 24.9Ba 21.3Bb 0.80 <0.001
    C18:1 c-11 1.84 1.68 1.63 0.10 0.369
    C20:1 c-11 0.10b 0.40a 0.07b 0.06 0.040
    Total MUFA3 37.1Aa 36.3a 33.8Bb 0.70 0.004
C18:2 c-9, t-11 (CLA) 0.12 0.11 0.16 0.02 0.450
∑ CLA4 0.26 0.30 0.29 0.02 0.652
n-3 PUFA
    C18:3 n-3 (ALA) 0.40C 1.84A 0.89B 0.09 <0.001
    C20:5 n-3 (EPA) 0.19B 0.74A 1.01A 0.09 <0.001
    C22:5 n-3 (DPA) 0.23Bb 0.31a 0.32Aa 0.02 0.002
    C22:6 n-3 (DHA) 0.05B 0.08B 0.99A 0.02 <0.001
    Total n-3 PUFA3 1.04Bb 4.32A 3.21a 0.37 <0.001
n-6 PUFA
    C18:2 n-6 t-9, t-12 0.09C 0.45A 0.29B 0.03 <0.001
    C18:2 n-6 (LA) 7.77 6.78 5.97 0.53 0.072
    C18:3 n-6 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.04 0.295
    C20:2 n-6 0.07B 0.07B 0.11A 0.01 <0.001
    C20:3 n-6 0.19a 0.15Bb 0.22Aa 0.01 <0.001
    C20:4 n-6 (AA) 2.71b 2.16Cc 3.35Aa 0.19 <0.001
    C22:4 n-6 0.18A 0.13B 0.06C 0.01 <0.001
    Total n-6 PUFA3 11.09 9.82 10.86 0.69 0.401
Total PUFA 12.2 14.2 13.9 0.60 0.051
n-6 PUFA/n-3 PUFA 10.46A 3.76B 4.44B 0.54 <0.001
PUFA/SFA 0.25b 0.30a 0.27ab 0.01 0.050

a,b,cMeans with different lowercase supercripts within a row are different (P < 0.05).

A,B,CMeans with different uppercase supercripts within a row are different (P < 0.01).

1Treatments: C = control; L = 10% linseed; L-A = 5% linseed with 3.89% marine algae.

2ALA = α-linolenic acid; EPA = eicosapentaenoic acid; DPA = docosapentaenoic acid; DHA = docosahexaenoic acid LA = linoleic acid; AA = arachidonic acid.

3Total SFA, MUFA, n-3 PUFA and n-6 PUFA is the sum of all SFA, MUFA, n-3 PUFA and n-6 PUFA.

4∑CLA = C18:2 c-9, t-11 + C18:2 t-10, c-12 + C18:2 c-9, c-11 + C18:2 t-9, t-11.