. 2020 Apr 27;10(5):761. doi: 10.3390/ani10050761

Table 5.

Profiles of fatty acids in breast muscle of broilers chickens fed different species of microalgae for 32 days.

Fatty Acids	Dietary Treatment				SEM	p Values
Fatty Acids	Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	SEM	p Values
Myristic (C14:0)	0.71	0.70	0.70	0.70	0.01	0.98
Plamitic (C16:0)	19.41	18.99	19.45	21.02	0.41	0.35
Stearic (C18:0)	7.26	7.54	7.55	7.53	0.14	0.91
Archidic (C20:0)	0.92	0.88	0.89	0.95	0.02	0.76
Palmitoleic (C16:1)	3.18	3.19	3.40	3.21	0.06	0.64
Oleic (C18:1)	20.59	20.31	20.63	18.82	0.47	0.52
Linoleic (C18:2n-6)	18.29	17.11	16.85	18.41	0.36	0.33
α-Linolenic (C18:3 n-3)	1.71	1.73	1.57	1.71	0.03	0.32
Stearidonic acid (C18:4n3)	0.92	0.89	0.85	0.97	0.01	0.162
EPA(C20:5 n-3)	0.91 ^b	0.97 ^b	2.19 ^a	1.69 ^a	0.15	0.001
DHA (C22:6 n-3)	1.11 ^b	1.19 ^b	2.40 ^a	2.20 ^a	0.15	< 0.001
Arachidonic acid(C20:4n6)	1.04 ^b	1.21 ^b	2.56 ^a	2.25 ^a	0.17	< 0.001
Total SFA	28.29	28.03	28.61	30.31	0.45	0.31
MUFA	23.78	23.51	24.04	22.03	0.47	0.49
PUFA	23.93 ^b	23.13 ^b	26.45 ^a	27.7 ^a	0.58	0.003
PUFA/SFA	0.84	0.82	0.92	0.91	0.02	0.24
Total n-3 FA	4.59 ^b	4.80 ^b	7.02 ^a	6.84 ^a	0.29	< 0.001

^a–b Means within a row not sharing a common superscript differ significantly when (p < 0.05). SEM: standard error of mean; EPA: Eicosapentaenoic; DHA: Docosahexaenoic; SFA: saturated fatty acids; MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acids; n-3 FA: omega-3 fatty acids; Group 1: control; Group 2: Chlorella vulgaris (CV)-supplemented group; Group 3: Spirulina platensis (SP)-supplemented group; Group 4: Amphora coffeaformis (AC)-supplemented group.