. 2020 Feb 5;99(4):2266–2274. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2019.11.035

Table 5.

Mean saturated fatty acids (SFA), monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA), polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), n-3, n-6, n-6/n-3 ratio, trans fatty acids (TFA), and cis fatty acids (CFA) concentrations (%)¹/ratios in thigh meat in broiler chickens that received Satureja khuzistanica essential oils (SkEO) by gavage method and dietary acetic acid (AA) in day 42 of age.

SkEO (mg/bird/day)	AA (g/kg)	SFA	MUFA	PUFA	n-3	n-6	n-6/n-3	TFA	CFA
0		29.95^a,b	45.61	23.16^b	1.492^b	21.67^b	14.56^a,b	0.300^b	68.47
200		30.51^a	44.82	23.84^a,b	1.502^b	22.34^a,b	14.91^a,b	0.000^d	68.66
300		28.38^c	45.11	24.23^a	1.563^a,b	22.67^a	14.56^a,b	0.168^c	69.17
400		30.04^a,b	44.92	24.05^a	1.575^a	22.48^a	14.31^b	0.337^b	68.63
500		29.31^b	44.71	24.48^a	1.633^a	22.85^a	14.04^b	0.407^a	68.78
600		29.53^b	44.62	24.18^a	1.472^b	22.71^a	15.55^a	0.060^d	68.74
SEM		0.216	0.240	0.168	0.030	0.159	0.282	0.015	0.355
	0	29.23^b	45.32^a	24.00	1.564	22.43	14.39^b	0.262^a	69.05^a
	20	30.01^a	44.61^b	23.98	1.514	22.47	14.92^a	0.162^b	68.43^b
SEM		0.154	0.139	0.097	0.017	0.092	0.163	0.008	0.205
0	0	30.42^b,c	44.94^b,c,d	23.19^d,e	1.50^a,b,c,d	21.69^c,d,e	14.45^b	0.258^c	67.88^b,c
0	2	29.48^c,d	46.27^a,b	23.13^d,e	1.48^b,c,d	21.65^d,e	14.67^a,b	0.343^b,c	69.05^a,b,c
200	0	29.84^c	46.85^a	22.22^e	1.42^c,d	20.80^e	14.73^a,b	0.000^e	69.07^a,b,c
200	2	31.18^a,b	42.79^e	25.45^a	1.58^a,b,c	23.87^a	15.09^a,b	0.000^e	68.25^a,b,c
300	0	28.23^d,e	45.18^a,b,c,d	24.91^a,b	1.66^a,b	23.24^a,b	14.00^b	0.337^b,c	69.75^a,b
300	2	28.52^d	45.04^b,c,d	23.56^c,d	1.46^b,c,d	22.10^c,d	15.12^a,b	0.000^e	68.60^a,b,c
400	0	29.39^c,d	45.09^b,c,d	23.70^a,b,c	1.62^a,b,c	22.79^a,b,c	14.14^b	0.370^b	69.13^a,b,c
400	2	30.69^a,b,c	44.74^b,c,d	23.70^c,d	1.53^a,b,c	22.17^b,c,d	14.49^b	0.303^b,c	68.14^b,c
500	0	30.38^b,c	44.24^c,d,e	24.00^b,c,d	1.55^a,b,c	22.45^b,c,d	14.49^b	0.487^a	67.75^b,c
500	2	28.25^d,e	45.19^a,b,c,d	24.95^a,b	1.71^a	23.24^a,b	13.60^b	0.327^b,c	69.82^a,b
600	0	27.13^e	45.60^a,b,c	25.26^a	1.63^a,b,c	23.63^a	14.52^b	0.120^d	70.74^a
600	2	31.94^a	43.65^d,e	23.09^d,e	1.31^d	21.78^c,d,e	16.59^a	0.000^e	66.74^c
SEM		0.285	0.340	0.237	0.043	0.225	0.398	0.021	0.502
		P-value
SkEO		<0.001	0.077	<0.001	0.005	<0.001	0.012	<0.001	0.811
AA		<0.001	0.001	0.903	0.051	0.799	0.026	<0.001	0.040
SkEO × AA		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.022	<0.001	<0.001
Linear		0.015	0.011	<0.001	0.237	<0.001	0.371	0.141	0.686
Quadratic		0.027	0.493	0.004	0.004	0.011	0.024	<0.001	0.424

^a–fMeans in the same column without the same superscript differ significantly (P < 0.05).

Abbreviation: SEM, standard error of the mean.

As the percent of fatty acids.