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. 2020 Aug 7;21(16):5664. doi: 10.3390/ijms21165664

Table 1.

Lipid composition of seminal plasma from chicken and turkey [9,55,56].

Lipid Chicken Turkey
Total lipid (µg mL−1 seminal plasma) 623.4 124
Phospholipid (% of total lipids) 31.3 50.7
Free cholesterol (% of total lipids) 18.0 31.1
Triglycerides (% of total lipids) 21.1 6.8
Free fatty acid (% of total lipids) 13.7 2.5
Cholesterol ester (% of total lipids) 15.9 12.3
Phospholipids
Phosphatidyl choline (% of total phospholipids) 15.5 4.6
Phosphatidyl ethanolamine (% of total phospholipids) 43.6 31.5
Sphingomyelin (% of total phospholipids) 13.4 20.3
Lipid Chicken Turkey
Total lipid (µg mL−1 seminal plasma) 623.4 124
Phospholipid (% of total lipids) 31.3 50.7
Free cholesterol (% of total lipids) 18.0 31.1
Triglycerides (% of total lipids) 21.1 6.8
Free fatty acid (% of total lipids) 13.7 2.5
Cholesterol ester (% of total lipids) 15.9 12.3
Phospholipids
Phosphatidyl choline (% of total phospholipids) 15.5 4.6
Phosphatidyl ethanolamine (% of total phospholipids) 43.6 31.5
Sphingomyelin (% of total phospholipids) 13.4 20.3