Table 4.

Fatty acid composition and profile in chicken nuggets

		Control	WGO	AT	ALA	WGO + ALA	WGO + AT
fatty acids (%) in leg chicken nuggets	1C16:0	18.93	22.34	18.74	17.97	21.18	17.11
	2C16:1	2.46	2.56	2.43	2.41	2.49	2.41
	3C17:0	0.51	0.51	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.47
	4C17:1	0.38	0.38	0.37	0.35	0.37	0.35
	5C18:0	13.05	13.37	12.91	12.61	13.06	12.35
	6C18:1	33.37	35.29	33.06	32.78	35.15	32.55
	7C18:2	14.09	16.41	13.80	13.57	16.07	13.28
	8C18:3	0.83	1.57	0.82	0.80	1.50	0.77
	9C20:4	6.32	6.33	6.29	6.21	6.31	6.15
fatty acid profile (%) in leg chicken nuggets	SFA	32.48	36.22	32.13	31.06	34.74	29.93
	MUFA	36.20	38.23	35.86	35.55	38.01	35.31
	PUFA	21.24	24.31	20.91	20.58	23.88	20.20
	UFA	57.43	62.53	56.77	56.13	61.88	55.51
	SFA/UFA	0.57	0.58	0.57	0.55	0.56	0.54
	PUFA/SFA	0.65	0.67	0.65	0.66	0.69	0.67

¹ Palmitic ² Palmitoleic ³ Margaric ⁴ Margaroleic ⁵ Stearic ⁶ Oleic ⁷ Linoleic ⁸ Linolenic ⁹ Arachidonic

Control, WGO = (wheat germ oil (Natural α-tocopherol) 200 mg/ kg feed), AT (α-tocopherol 200 mg/kg feed), ALA = α-Lipoic acid 150 mg/kg feed, WGO + ALA = wheat germ oil (Natural α-tocopherol) 200 mg/ kg feed) + α-Lipoic acid 150 mg, ALA + AT = α-Lipoic acid 150 mg + α-tocopherol 200 mg/ kg feed

SFA Saturated fatty acids, MUFA Mono unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA Poly unsaturated fatty acids, UFA Unsaturated fatty acids, SFA/UFA Ratio of saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA/SFA Ratio of poly unsaturated fatty acids and saturated fatty acids