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. 2018 Jul 26;32(1):126–136. doi: 10.5713/ajas.18.0065

Table 2.

Fatty acid composition (% of fat) in the longissimus thoracis from Korean cattle (KC), Holstein (HO), and Angus (AN) steers (n = 12)

Fatty acid KC HO AN SEM p-value
C12:0 0.11a 0.11a 0.00b 0.01 0.001
C13:0 0.04 0.06 0.10 0.01 0.14
C14:0 4.09a 3.90a 3.02b 0.14 0.004
C14:1 1.39a 1.36a 0.68b 0.09 0.001
C15:0 0.23c 0.33b 0.50a 0.02 0.001
C16:0 30.0a 29.3a 26.5b 0.36 0.001
C16:1 5.12a 5.01a 3.39b 0.19 0.001
C17:0 0.36c 0.92b 1.94a 0.15 0.001
C17:1 0.50c 0.66b 1.12a 0.05 0.001
C18:0 11.4b 12.4b 15.9a 0.42 0.001
C18:1t 0.22b 0.22b 0.42a 0.03 0.002
C18:1n9 44.0a 41.6a 39.0b 0.54 0.001
C18:2 1.60b 2.55b 5.20a 0.31 0.001
C18:3 0.04b 0.09b 0.19a 0.01 0.001
C18:29c11t+C18:210t12c 0.36 0.31 0.37 0.02 0.54
C20:1 0.27a 0.18b 0.22ab 0.01 0.02
C20:3 0.14b 0.30a 0.36a 0.03 0.001
C20:4 0.17c 0.72b 1.04a 0.08 0.001
SFA1) 46.2 47.0 48.0 0.40 0.24
USFA2) 53.8 53.0 52.0 0.40 0.25
MUFA3) 51.5a 49.1a 44.9b 0.64 0.001
PUFA4) 2.31c 3.97b 7.16a 0.42 0.001

SEM, standard error of the mean; SFA, saturated fatty acids; USFA, unsaturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.

1)

SFA = C12:0+C13:0+C14:0+C15:0+C16:0+C17:0+C18:0.

2)

USFA = C14:1+C16:1+C17:1+C18:1t+C18:1c+C20:1.

3)

MUFA = C14:1+C16:1+C17:1+C18:1t+C18:1c+C20:1.

4)

PUFA = C18:2+C18:3+C20:3+C20:4+C18:29c11t+C18:210t12c.

a–c

Means with different letters within the same row differ (p<0.05).