Table 1.
Fatty Acids | Skeletal Muscles | Offal | SE | p-Value | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loin (M. longissimus dorsi) |
Hind Quarter (M. biceps femoris) |
Shoulder (M. triceps brachii) |
Liver | Heart | Kidney | |||
Fat | 0.65 a | 0.86 b | 0.88 b | 2.78 c | 1.29 d | 1.90 e | 0.043 | <0.001 |
C12:0 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.027 | 0.969 |
C13:0 | 0.00 a | 0.00 a | 0.00 a | 0.00 a | 0.00 a | 0.09 b | 0.013 | <0.001 |
C14:0 | 2.23 a | 2.49 a | 2.27 a | 0.84 b | 1.01 b | 0.45 b | 0.226 | <0.001 |
C15:0 | 0.46 a | 0.57 | 0.61 | 0.79 b | 0.51 a | 0.44 a | 0.055 | <0.001 |
C16:0 | 16.19 a | 16.33 a | 15.25 a | 13.27 | 10.63 b | 14.04 | 1.052 | 0.002 |
C17:0 | 0.53 a | 0.60 a | 0.58 a | 1.57 b | 0.46 a | 0.93 b | 0.050 | <0.001 |
C18:0 | 13.73 a | 14.78 a’ | 15.38 a’ | 27.27 b,b’ | 15.98 b,c | 16.86 b,b’ | 0.415 | <0.001 |
C20:0 | 0.04 a | 0.06 a | 0.06 a | 0.06 a | 0.09 a | 0.21 b | 0.019 | <0.001 |
C21:0 | 0.21 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.038 | 0.051 |
C22:0 | 0.16 a | 0.15 a | 0.16 a | 0.51 b | 0.27 c | 0.37 d | 0.022 | <0.001 |
SFA | 33.56 a | 35.32 a | 34.62 a | 44.61 b | 29.15 a | 33.57 a | 1.524 | <0.001 |
The differences between the means in the rows with different small letters with and without superscripts are significant; SE = pooled standard errors; SFA = sum of all identified saturated fatty acids.