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. 2019 Nov 11;6(1):54–68. doi: 10.1002/vms3.212

Table 8.

Effects of different antioxidants and plant oils on fatty acid profile of drumstick meat in broilers (%)

Items   C14:0 C14:1 C16:0 C16:1 C18:0 C18:1 C18:2 C18:3 C20:1 C20:2 C22:0 C22:6 U S U/S ratio
Main effects
Oil source
Soybean Oil 0.482a 0.042 22.13a 3.72a 2.28b 42.55b 25.66a 0.15 2.39b 0.136 0.32 0.125b 74.77b 25.20a 2.98b
Rapeseed Oil 0.436b 0.036 19.12b 3.24b 2.77a 50.58a 19.81b 0.16 3.09a 0.138 0.35 0.170a 77.23a 22.70b 3.41a
SEM 0.005 0.003 0.25 0.07 0.07 0.71 0.66 0.007 0.05 0.004 0.01 0.012 0.30 0.30 0.05
Antioxidant Sources
Vitamin E 0.472a 0.040ab 20.43a 3.54b 2.77a 45.65 23.47 0.22a 2.69b 0.157a 0.37 0.172a 75.95ab 24.04ab 3.17ab
Rosemary EO 0.467a 0.050a 21.40a 4.08a 1.96b 44.42 24.38 0.14b 2.56b 0.137ab 0.28 0.107b 75.88ab 24.11ab 3.19ab
Thyme EO 0.420b 0.027c 19.21b 2.89c 2.76a 49.30 21.45 0.15b 3.06a 0.125b 0.40 0.175a 77.18a 22.79b 3.40a
Satureja EO 0.480a 0.032bc 21.49a 3.50b 2.85a 46.35 21.88 0.14b 2.61b 0.140ab 0.34 0.150ab 74.82b 25.16a 3.00b
Without Antioxidant 0.455a 0.040abc 20.76a 3.39b 2.29b 47.07 22.51 0.14b 2.77b 0.122b 0.30 0.130ab 76.17ab 23.81ab 3.20ab
SEM 0.008 0.005 0.41 0.12 0.12 1.12 1.04 0.01 0.079 0.007 0.02 0.0192 0.48 0.48 0.08
Oil sources × Antioxidant sources
Soybean Oil
Vitamin E 0.490abc 0.050 22.01 3.89 2.26cde 40.72 27.37a 0.16b 2.39 0.150ab 0.35bc 0.135bcd 74.87 25.1 2.98
Rosemary EO 0.495ab 0.055 23.38 4.16 1.98de 41.92 25.18ab 0.15b 2.18 0.130bc 0.27cd 0.100d 73.88 26.1 2.84
Thyme EO 0.460bcd 0.030 20.67 3.30 2.31cde 47.10 22.80bc 0.14bc 2.66 0.110cd 0.29bcd 0.110cd 76.25 23.7 3.22
Satureja EO 0.510a 0.030 23.39 3.58 2.76abc 41.52 25.35ab 0.15b 2.11 0.140ab 0.32bcd 0.120cd 73.01 26.9 2.71
Without Antioxidant 0.455cd 0.045 21.17 3.64 2.10de 41.47 27.62a 0.18b 2.61 0.145ab 0.38bc 0.16abcd 75.88 24.1 3.14
Rapeseed Oil
Vitamin E 0.455cd 0.040 18.86 3.18 3.27a 50.58 19.57cd 0.29a 2.99 0.160a 0.39ab 0.210ab 77.03 22.9 3.36
Rosemary EO 0.440d 0.045 19.42 3.99 1.93e 46.93 23.58abc 0.14bc 2.94 0.145ab 0.30bcd 0.115cd 77.89 22.1 3.54
Thyme EO 0.380e 0.025 17.74 2.48 3.21a 51.50 20.10cd 0.16b 3.46 0.140ab 0.50a 0.240a 78.11 21.8 3.58
Satureja EO 0.450d 0.035 19.59 3.42 2.94ab 51.19 18.41d 0.14bc 3.12 0.145ab 0.36bc 0.185abc 76.64 23.3 3.28
Without Antioxidant 0.455cd 0.035 20.35 3.13 2.49bcd 52.68 17.40d 0.09c 2.93 0.100d 0.22d 0.100d 76.47 23.5 3.26
SEM 0.012 0.007 0.57 0.17 0.17 1.59 1.48 0.01 0.11 0.009 0.04 0.027 0.68 0.68 0.12
p value
Oil .0001 .228 .0001 .0004 .003 .0001 .0001 .52 .0001 .74 .21 .016 <.0001 <.0001 .0001
Antioxidant .0008 .05 .005 .0001 .0001 .066 .306 .0002 .002 .009 .06 .1 .041 .0395 .049
Oil × Antioxidant .0406 .83 .087 .259 .026 .149 .045 .0001 .072 .01 .004 .026 .12 .12 .17

a–eMeans with no common superscript within each column are significantly (p < .05) different. EO, Essential oil; U, Total Unsaturated, S, Total Saturated.