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

Table 3.

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

Item	DSA	ASA	PA	P-value
myristic acid (c14:0)	1.20 ± 0.03^b	1.34 ± 0.04^a	1.21 ± 0.03^b	0.009
palmitic acid (c16:0)	23.92 ± 0.18	23.87 ± 0.20	24.44 ± 0.40	0.298
palmitoleic acid (c16:1)	1.57 ± 0.05^b	2.43 ± 0.10^a	1.35 ± 0.09^b	<0.001
margaric acid (c17:0)	0.20 ± 0.01	0.21 ± 0.01	0.20 ± 0.01	0.789
stearic acid (c18:0)	15.01 ± 0.34^b	11.96 ± 0.38^c	17.76 ± 0.63^a	<0.001
elaidic acid (c18:1n9t)	0.10 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.00	0.10 ± 0.01	0.867
oleic acid (c18:1n9c)	47.66 ± 0.45^b	49.71 ± 0.54^a	45.24 ± 0.77^c	<0.001
linoleic acid (c18:2n6c)	8.19 ± 0.26^ab	8.60 ± 0.22^a	7.86 ± 0.22^b	0.103
α-linolenic acid (c18:3n3)	0.35 ± 0.01^b	0.38 ± 0.01^a	0.33 ± 0.01^b	<0.001
γ-linolenic acid (c18:3n6)	0.03 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.00	0.04 ± 0.00	0.122
arachidonic acid (c20:0)	0.27 ± 0.01^a	0.17 ± 0.01^b	0.22 ± 0.02^a	<0.001
cis-11-20c acid (c20:1)	1.23 ± 0.03^a	0.86 ± 0.05^b	0.93 ± 0.06^b	<0.001
cis-8,11,14-eicosatrienoic acid (c20:3n6)	0.10 ± 0.01	0.12 ± 0.01	0.10 ± 0.01	0.524
arachidonic acid (c20:4n6)	0.13 ± 0.00^b	0.16 ± 0.01^a	0.14 ± 0.00^b	<0.001
docosahexaenoic acid (c22:6n3)	0.05 ± 0.00^b	0.06 ± 0.00^ab	0.07 ± 0.00^a	0.012
SFA	40.59 ± 0.50^b	37.55 ± 0.50^c	43.83 ± 0.94^a	<0.001
MUFA	50.56 ± 0.47^b	53.10 ± 0.59^a	47.63 ± 0.81^c	<0.001
PUFA	8.85 ± 0.28^ab	9.35 ± 0.23^a	8.54 ± 0.24^b	0.091
UFA	59.41 ± 0.5^b	62.45 ± 0.5^a	56.17 ± 0.94^c	<0.001
S/U	0.68 ± 0.01^b	0.60 ± 0.01^c	0.78 ± 0.03^a	<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 = ratio of SFA to UFA.

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

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