Table 5.

The fatty acids in the abdominal fat of broiler chickens (% sum of total fatty acids).

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	0.06	0.06	0.05	0.04	<0.01	0.119	0.234	0.378
C14:0	0.64	0.61	0.58	0.56	0.04	0.218	0.109	0.197
C15:0	0.08	0.07	0.07	0.05	<0.01	0.186	0.083	0.316
C16:0	23.2	23.08	22.8	22.64	0.51	0.264	0.119	0.467
C17:0	0.08	0.08	0.09	0.07	<0.01	0.068	0.148	0.132
C18:0	6.19	6.04	5.77	5.81	0.06	0.091	0.072	0.247
C20:0	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.06	<0.01	0.148	0.457	0.162
Σ SFA	30.29	29.98	29.41	29.23	0.48	0.233	0.124	0.195
MUFA
C14:1	0.17	0.16	0.17	0.18	<0.01	0.245	0.187	0.206
C16:1, n-9	6.10a	6.07a	5.02b	4.92b	0.05	0.023	0.048	0.187
C18:1, n-7	2.06	2.01	1.95	1.97	0.02	0.187	0.089	0.263
C18:1, n-9	37.19	37.25	38.08	37.95	0.37	0.108	0.112	0.309
C20:1, n-9	0.24c	0.26b,c	0.28b	0.32a	<0.01	0.034	0.044	0.218
Σ MUFA	45.76	45.75	45.5	45.34	0.67	0.137	0.248	0.197
PUFA
C18:2, n-6	22.33	22.63	23.4	23.66	0.34	0.264	0.119	0.367
C18:3, n-6	1.37	1.38	1.37	1.41	0.06	0.128	0.243	0.451
C20:2, n-3	0.03d	0.06c	0.12b	0.14a	<0.01	0.041	0.028	0.244
C20:3, n-6	0.03c	0.05b	0.08a,b	0.09a	<0.01	0.048	0.017	0.569
C20:4, n-6	0.19a	0.15b	0.12a	0.13b,c	0.03	0.019	0.014	0.378
n-3	0.03d	0.06c	0.12b	0.14a	<0.01	0.034	0.046	0.193
n-6	23.92	24.21	24.97	25.29	0.43	0.116	0.223	0.516
Σ PUFA	23.95	24.27	25.09	25.43	0.53	0.264	0.119	0.367
Σ UFA	69.71	70.02	70.59	70.77	0.76	0.128	0.241	0.332
UFA/SFA	2.30	2.34	2.40	2.42	0.03	0.091	0.075	0.255
MUFA/SFA	1.51	1.53	1.55	1.55	0.02	0.148	0.487	0.531
PUFA/SFA	0.79c	0.81b,c	0.85a,b	0.87a	<0.01	0.033	0.024	0.196
n-3/n-6	0.001c	0.002	0.005a	0.006a	<0.01	0.019	0.014	0.377
S/P	0.43	0.42	0.41	0.41	<0.01	0.145	0.267	0.315
TI	0.64	0.63	0.61	0.61	<0.01	0.216	0.183	0.116
AI	0.37	0.37	0.36	0.35	0.45	0.264	0.119	0.367
HH	2.50	2.53	2.63	2.66	0.06	0.121	0.243	0.259

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.