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. 2018 Jul 7;4(3):256–259. doi: 10.1016/j.aninu.2018.05.006

Table 2.

Fatty acid profile of 3 deposits in Ningxiang boars, %.

Item DSA ASA PA P-value
myristic acid (c14:0) 1.34 ± 0.05b 1.71 ± 0.06a 1.55 ± 0.05a <0.001
palmitic acid (c16:0) 24.81 ± 0.43b 28.99 ± 0.47a 28.54 ± 0.42a <0.001
palmitoleic acid (c16:1) 1.95 ± 0.10ab 2.11 ± 0.18a 1.69 ± 0.07b 0.081
margaric acid (c17:0) 0.20 ± 0.01b 0.25 ± 0.01a 0.26 ± 0.01a <0.001
stearic acid (c18:0) 13.87 ± 0.55b 17.92 ± 0.90a 19.68 ± 0.44a <0.001
elaidic acid (c18:1n9t) 0.11 ± 0.010b 0.23 ± 0.02a 0.25 ± 0.02a <0.001
oleic acid (c18:1n9c) 46.93 ± 0.78a 37.19 ± 1.03b 36.72 ± 0.75b <0.001
linoleic acid (c18:2n6c) 8.75 ± 0.28b 10.54 ± 0.63a 10.29 ± 0.24a 0.014
α-linolenic acid (c18:3n3) 0.35 ± 0.01a 0.11 ± 0.00b 0.06 ± 0.01c <0.001
γ-linolenic acid (c18:3n6) 0.03 ± 0.00a 0.03 ± 0.00ab 0.02 ± 0.00b 0.013
arachidic acid (c20:0) 0.23 ± 0.01 0.22 ± 0.01 0.22 ± 0.01 0.531
cis-11-20c acid (c20:1) 1.13 ± 0.05a 0.48 ± 0.03b 0.41 ± 0.01b <0.001
cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid (c20:3n6) 0.12 ± 0.01 0.12 ± 0.02 0.10 ± 0.01 0.477
arachidonic acid (c20:4n6) 0.13 ± 0.01a 0.02 ± 0.00b 0.15 ± 0.01a <0.001
docosahexaenoic acid (c22:6n3) 0.04 ± 0.00c 0.08 ± 0.01a 0.06 ± 0.00b <0.001
SFA 40.46 ± 0.79b 49.08 ± 1.22a 50.25 ± 0.73a <0.001
MUFA 50.12 ± 0.80a 40.02 ± 1.14b 39.08 ± 0.75b <0.001
PUFA 9.42 ± 0.31 10.90 ± 0.65 10.67 ± 0.23 0.055
UFA 59.54 ± 0.79a 50.92 ± 1.22b 49.75 ± 0.73b <0.001
S/U 0.68 ± 0.02b 0.97 ± 0.05a 1.01 ± 0.03a <0.001

DSA = dorsal subcutaneous adipose; ASA = abdominal subcutaneous adipose; PA = perirenal adipose. SFA = sum of saturated fatty acids; MUFA = sum of monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA = sum of polyunsaturated fatty acids; UFA = sum of unsaturated fatty acids; S/U = values of ratio saturated and unsaturated fatty acids.

a,bWithin a row, means with different superscript letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Data are presented as means ± SEM. n = 8.