Table 3.

The fatty acids in the breast muscle of broiler chickens.

Item,% sum of total fatty acids	Treatment1				Statistical parameters
	C	BSR1.5	BSR2	BSR2.5	SEM	P value C vs. BSR	Linear	Quadratic
SFA
C12:0	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.05	<0.01	0.219	0.114	0.178
C14:0	0.64	0.62	0.52	0.55	0.03	0.089	0.059	0.094
C15:0	0.12a	0.08b	0.09b	0.07	<0.01	0.016	0.023	0.316
C16:0	25.23	24.24	24.14	24.09	0.68	0.164	0.109	0.217
C17:0	0.14	0.13	0.14	0.15	0.03	0.128	0.241	0.431
C18:0	8.11a	7.51a,b	7.78a	7.14	0.05	0.041	0.038	0.153
C20:0	0.07	0.06	0.07	0.05	<0.01	0.148	0.421	0.369
ΣSFA	34.32	32.68	32.79	32.73	0.87	0.073	0.134	0.196
MUFA
C14:1	0.11	0.10	0.09	0.13	<0.01	0.157	0.074	0.298
C16:1. n-9	4.86	4.70	4.60	4.49	0.08	0.213	0.159	0.076
C18:1. n-7	2.34	2.18	2.37	2.44	0.03	0.109	0.138	0.247
C18:1. n-9	33.54	34.18	34.14	34.24	0.48	0.324	0.389	0.315
C20:1 n-9	2.29	2.33	2.37	2.14	0.09	0.064	0.073	0.092
Σ MUFA	43.14	43.49	43.57	43.44	0.78	0.267	0.097	0.245
PUFA
C18:2. n-6	19.98	21.06	20.75	21.09	0.64	0.164	0.119	0.217
C18:3. n-6	1.09	1.11	1.23	1.09	0.06	0.128	0.236	0.431
C20:2. n-3	0.06c	0.08b,c	0.10b	0.23a	<0.01	0.021	0.048	0.178
C20:3. n-3	0.24c	0.35b	0.47a	0.51a	<0.01	0.048	0.037	0.169
C20:4. n-6	1.15a	1.20a	1.07b	0.88c	0.07	0.019	0.114	0.043
C22:4. n-6	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.03	<0.01	0.187	0.245	0.324
n-3	0.30d	0.43c	0.57b	0.74a	0.05	0.023	0.034	0.187
n-6	22.24	23.4	23.07	23.09	0.45	0.216	0.053	0.214
Σ PUFA	22.54	23.83	23.64	23.83	0.54	0.264	0.119	0.367
Σ UFA	65.68	67.32	67.21	67.27	0.76	0.123	0.258	0.232
UFA/SFA	1.91	2.06	2.05	2.06	0.04	0.071	0.078	0.143
MUFA/SFA	1.26	1.33	1.33	1.33	0.07	0.148	0.437	0.369
PUFA/SFA	0.66	0.73	0.72	0.73	<0.01	0.073	0.064	0.176
n-3/n-6	0.013d	0.018c	0.025b	0.032a	<0.01	0.019	0.014	0.178
S/P	0.52a	0.48a,b	0.48a,b	0.46b	0.03	0.034	0.048	0.097
TI	1.03a	0.96a,b	0.96a,b	0.93b	0.05	0.016	0.023	0.216
AI	0.42	0.40	0.39	0.39	<0.01	0.164	0.119	0.361
HH	2.12	2.27	2.27	2.28	0.03	0.123	0.245	0.431

Data represent the mean of 10 broiler chickens per treatment.

^{a, b, c}Significantly different at P < 0.05.

Abbreviations: AI, atherogenic indices; HH, hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratio; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; SEM, standard error of the mean; SFA, saturated fatty acids; S/P, saturation indices; TI, thrombogenic indices; UFA, unsaturated fatty acids.

¹Treatments: C = control diet without Boswellia serrata supplementation; BSR1.5 = diet with 1.5% Boswellia serrata supplementation; BSR2 = diet with 2% Boswellia serrata supplementation; BSR2.5 = diet with 2.5% Boswellia serrata supplementation.