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. 2017 Aug 16;31(2):301–308. doi: 10.5713/ajas.17.0319

Table 6.

Fatty acid composition (g/100 g) of Jinjiang (JJ) and F1 Simmental×Jinjiang (SJ) yellow cattle

Item HR TL RB



JJ SJ JJ SJ JJ SJ
C14:0 Myristic 3.91±0.04A 3.42±0.04B 3.36±0.07 3.17±0.07 5.82±0.09A 4.23±0.07B
C15:0 Pentadecanoic 0.11±0.04 0.06±0.02 0.93±0.03 0.12±0.02 0.12±0.02 0.10±0.03
C16:0 Palmitic 28.64±0.16 29.64±0.34 26.82±0.66 27.55±0.26 29.53±0.27A 28.51±0.45B
C17:0 Margaric 3.52±0.04A 1.78±0.05B 1.07±0.05 1.19±0.05 0.47±0.06 0.43±0.04
C18:0 Stearic 12.77±0.11A 11.87±0.10B 15.97±0.12A 12.21±0.25B 12.40±0.38A 10.29±0.08B
C20:0 arachidate 0.59±0.09 0.51±0.08 0.06±0.03B 0.91±0.04A 0.53±0.06A 0.14±0.04B
C22:0 Docosanoic 0.40±0.03 0.43±0.05 0.61±0.08 0.63±0.06 0.64±0.06 0.63±0.02
SFA% 49.95±0.10A 47.73±0.47B 47.94±0.70A 45.76±0.45B 49.52±0.49A 44.32±0.50B
C15:1 Palmitoleic 0.60±0.08B 0.25±0.05A 0.63±0.04 0.44±0.02 0.60±0.08 0.69±0.06
C18:1 Oleic 41.07±0.89B 43.67±0.28A 43.42±0.32 42.42±0.48 42.34±0.22B 45.58±0.48A
C16:1 Palmitoleic 4.86±0.12A 4.12±0.08B 3.86±0.11B 5.80±0.07A 5.73±0.07 5.93±0.08
C20:1 Eicosenic 0.18±0.03 0.26±0.03 0.14±0.02 0.17±0.03 0.11±0.03 0.16±0.02
C24:1 Cis-15 tetracosenoate 0.04±0.02 0.45±0.02 0.13±0.03 0.17±0.03 0.05±0.02 0.03±0.02
MUFA % 46.74±0.97 48.75±0.22 48.10±0.45 48.97±0.49 48.85±0.35B 52.40±0.61A
C18:2n-6 Linoleic 2.43±0.11 2.53±0.04 2.37±0.59 2.37±0.57 2.09±0.12B 2.67±0.15A
C20:4n-6 Arachidonic 0.22±0.04B 0.51±0.20A 0.08±0.01B 0.90±0.10A 0.06±0.02 0.14±0.03
C20:3n-3 Eicosadienoate 0.17±0.02 0.23±0.03 0.14±0.02 0.15±0.02 0.14±0.02 0.15±0.03
C18:3n-3 Linolenic 0.01±0.00 0.01±0.00 0.03±0.00B 0.16±0.02A 0.05±0.02 0.03±0.00
C20:5n-3 EPA 0.24±0.02 0.17±0.02 0.34±0.04 0.28±0.04 0.25±0.04 0.23±0.06
C22:6n-3 DHA 0.03±0.00 0.07±0.02 1.04±0.02B 1.36±0.06A 0.03±0.02 0.03±0.01
PUFA% 3.10±0.09B 3.53±0.04A 3.99±0.11B 5.21±0.24A 2.63±0.17B 3.24±0.07A
n-6/n-3 PUFA 5.99±0.65 6.21±0.22 1.58±0.06 1.68±0.12 4.65±0.70A 6.69±1.86B
Total 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00

HR, highrib; TL, tenderloin; RB, ribeye; JJ, Jinjiang yellow cattle; SJ, F1 Simmental×Jinjiang yellow cattle; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Different superscript capital letters (A,B) means significant differences between the breeds within a tissue. Values are reported as means±standard error of three replicates.