Table 5.
Fatty acids profile (% of total fatty acid methyl esters; FAME) of the breast meat of chickens fed with 0% (C), 50% (HI50) and 100% (HI100) substitution of soybean oil with Hermetia illucens (HI) larvae fat in their finisher diets.
| Fatty Acids | Experimental Groups | p-Value | RSD 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | HI50 | HI100 | |||
| No. | 6 | 6 | 6 | ||
| C8:0 | 0.06 b | 0.07 a | 0.07 a | 0.0336 | 0.01 |
| C10:0 | 0.04 C | 0.11 B | 0.18 A | <0.0001 | 0.01 |
| C12:0 | 0.01 C | 4.61 B | 11.0 A | <0.0001 | 0.76 |
| C14:0 | 0.32 C | 2.24 B | 4.63 A | <0.0001 | 0.28 |
| C15:0 | 0.08 C | 0.10 B | 0.12 A | <0.0001 | 0.01 |
| C16:0 | 18.1 C | 19.6 B | 20.4 A | 0.0004 | 0.77 |
| C17:0 | 0.18 a | 0.18 a | 0.15 b | 0.0462 | 0.02 |
| C18:0 | 9.23 | 8.91 | 8.80 | 0.4246 | 0.57 |
| C20:0 | 0.21 A | 0.19 A,B | 0.13 B | 0.0002 | 0.02 |
| C22:0 | 0.24 | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.0911 | 0.13 |
| C24:0 | 0.26 | 0.19 | 0.18 | 0.0888 | 0.07 |
| Total SFA | 28.8 C | 36.5 B | 45.8 A | <0.0001 | 1.14 |
| C14:1 | 0.03 C | 0.19 B | 0.40 A | <0.0001 | 0.06 |
| C15:1 | 0.09 | 0.11 | 0.11 | 0.5855 | 0.03 |
| C16:1 | 1.31 C | 1.91 B | 2.69 A | <0.0001 | 0.38 |
| C17:1 | 0.05 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.2857 | 0.01 |
| C18:1 n-9 | 23.9 A | 21.0 A,B | 18.4 B | <0.0001 | 1.10 |
| C20:1 n-9 | 0.30 A | 0.30 A | 0.21 B | 0.0002 | 0.03 |
| C22:1 n-9 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.0664 | 0.09 |
| Total MUFA | 27.7 A | 25.6 B | 23.5 C | 0.0012 | 1.54 |
| C18:2 n-6 | 30.0 A | 23.9 B | 17.6 C | <0.0001 | 1.91 |
| C18:3 n-6 | 0.13 C | 0.16 B | 0.20 A | <0.0001 | 0.02 |
| C20:2 n-6 | 0.60 A | 0.61 A | 0.48 B | 0.0028 | 0.06 |
| C20:3 n-6 | 0.50 | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.2824 | 0.07 |
| C20:4 n-6 | 3.30 | 3.71 | 3.49 | 0.0578 | 0.27 |
| C18:3 n-3 | 1.85 A | 1.27 B | 0.72 C | <0.0001 | 0.18 |
| C20:3 n-3 | 0.07 | 0.07 | 0.04 | 0.0686 | 0.02 |
| C20:5 n-3 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.8432 | 0.06 |
| C22:6 n-3 | 0.09 a | 0.08 a,b | 0.07 b | 0.0236 | 0.53 |
| Total PUFA | 36.8 A | 30.6 B | 23.4 C | <0.0001 | 1.90 |
| n-6 | 34.6 A | 29.0 B | 22.4 C | <0.0001 | 1.75 |
| n-3 | 2.19 A | 1.62 B | 1.03 C | <0.0001 | 0.18 |
| n-6/n-3 | 15.8 C | 18.0 B | 21.7 A | <0.0001 | 1.24 |
| AI | 0.30 C | 0.59 B | 1.07 A | <0.0001 | 0.04 |
| TI | 0.73 C | 0.96 B | 1.30 A | <0.0001 | 0.05 |
| PI | 57.3 A | 51.3 B | 42.4 C | <0.0001 | 1.50 |
| HH ratio | 2.03 A | 1.42 B | 0.95 C | <0.0001 | 0.15 |
1 Residual standard deviation; SFA = saturated fatty acids; MUFA = monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA = polyunsaturated fatty acids; UFA = unsaturated fatty acids; AI = Atherogenicity index; TI = Thrombogenicity index; PI = Peroxidability index; HH ratio = hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratio; a,b,c; A,B,C Values within a row with different superscripts differ significantly at p < 0.05; p < 0.001.