Table 6.
Fatty acids profile (% of total FAME) of the leg 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 | 0.05 C | 0.06 B | 0.07 A | <0.0001 | 0.00 |
| C10:0 | 0.04 C | 0.12 B | 0.21 A | <0.0001 | 0.01 |
| C12:0 | 0.06 C | 5.97 B | 13.2 A | <0.0001 | 0.70 |
| C14:0 | 0.35 C | 2.46 B | 4.73 A | <0.0001 | 0.22 |
| C15:0 | 0.08 B | 0.09 A,B | 0.11 A | <0.0001 | 0.01 |
| C16:0 | 16.9 B | 18.4 A,B | 18.7 A | 0.0061 | 0.86 |
| C17:0 | 0.16 A | 0.13 B | 0.12 B | 0.0097 | 0.02 |
| C18.0 | 7.76 a | 7.51 a,b | 6.76 b | 0.0279 | 0.60 |
| C20:0 | 0.14 A | 0.13 A,B | 0.12 B | 0.0077 | 0.01 |
| C22:0 | 0.10 | 0.04 | 0.07 | 0.1318 | 0.05 |
| C24:0 | 0.19 A | 0.15 B | 0.11 C | 0.0055 | 0.04 |
| Total SFA | 25.8 C | 35.1 B | 44.2 A | <0.0001 | 1.02 |
| C14:1 | 0.06 C | 0.26 B | 0.52 A | <0.0001 | 0.08 |
| C15:1 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.1192 | 0.01 |
| C16:1 | 2.17 C | 2.92 B | 3.68 A | 0.0024 | 0.61 |
| C17:1 | 0.05 B | 0.04 B | 0.08 A | 0.0019 | 0.01 |
| C18:1 n-9 | 24.7 A | 22.4 B | 20.2 C | 0.0003 | 1.41 |
| C20:1 n-9 | 0.24 | 0.25 | 0.22 | 0.0875 | 0.02 |
| Total MUFA | 28.9 | 27.5 | 26.1 | 0.0991 | 2.07 |
| C18:2 n-6 | 33.5 A | 26.2 B | 19.9 C | <0.0001 | 1.80 |
| C18:3 n-6 | 0.18 | 0.18 | 0.17 | 0.9298 | 0.02 |
| C20:2 n-6 | 0.43 A | 0.47 A | 0.37 B | 0.0026 | 0.03 |
| C20:3 n-6 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.1522 | 0.03 |
| C20:4 n-6 | 2.85 A | 2.65 A,B | 2.27 B | 0.0186 | 0.32 |
| C18:3 n-3 | 2.30 A | 1.57 B | 0.92 C | <0.0001 | 0.14 |
| C20:3 n-3 | 0.04 A | 0.05 A | 0.03 B | 0.0050 | 0.01 |
| C20:5 n-3 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.10 | 0.0668 | 0.05 |
| C22:6 n-3 | 0.07 | 0.06 | 0.06 | 0.8159 | 0.01 |
| Total PUFA | 39.9 A | 31.8 B | 24.3 C | <0.0001 | 2.06 |
| n-6 | 37.3 A | 29.9 B | 23.1 C | <0.0001 | 1.94 |
| n-3 | 2.59 A | 1.93 B | 1.20 C | <0.0001 | 0.15 |
| n-6/n-3 | 14.4 C | 15.5 B | 19.2 A | <0.0001 | 0.91 |
| AI | 0.27 C | 0.58 B | 1.01 A | <0.0001 | 0.04 |
| TI | 0.61 C | 0.82 B | 1.07 A | <0.0001 | 0.05 |
| PI | 59.5 A | 50.1 B | 40.0 C | <0.0001 | 2.32 |
| HH ratio | 2.35 A | 1.55 B | 1.05 C | <0.0001 | 0.17 |
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.