. 2020 Oct 8;100(1):186–195. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.09.056

Table 7.

Effect of dietary MG on muscle fatty acids profile in broilers.

mg/g Dry material	CON	MG300	MG450	MG600	SEM	P-value
C4:0	0.339^b	0.369^a	0.363^a	0.287^c	0.005	<0.001
C12:0	0.533^b	0.811^a	0.737^a,b	0.649^a,b	0.030	0.004
C14:0	0.284	0.287	0.299	0.294	0.005	0.757
C16:0	12.150	12.869	12.673	11.598	0.197	0.089
C18:0	5.498^a,b	6.015^a	5.730^a,b	5.373^b	0.076	0.011
C20:0	0.526^b,c	0.691^a	0.597^a,b	0.442^c	0.020	<0.001
SFA	19.369^a,b	21.417^a	20.604^a,b	18.709^b	0.316	0.007
C15:1n5	2.291^b	2.539^a	2.445^a,b	2.215^b	0.035	0.002
C16:1n7	1.130	1.39	1.157	1.011	0.037	0.490
C17:1n7	0.389^a,b	0.436^a	0.405^a,b	0.366^b	0.007	0.002
C18:1n9c	11.139	12.740	11.082	10.835	0.316	0.117
C24:1n9	0.238^a,b	0.266^a	0.234^a,b	0.217^b	0.006	0.013
MUFA	15.187	17.195	15.618	14.645	0.371	0.076
C18:2n6c	6.555^a,b	7.163^a	6.531^a,b	6.108^b	0.143	0.062
C18:3n3	0.283^b,c	0.369^a	0.318^a,b	0.226^c	0.010	<0.001
C20:2n6	0.213^b,c	0.265^a	0.249^a,b	0.185^c	0.008	<0.001
C20:3n6	0.462^a,b	0.553^a	0.498^a,b	0.397^b	0.016	0.004
C20:4n6	2.398	2.273	2.387	2.351	0.063	0.899
C22:6n3	0.244	0.247	0.246	0.238	0.005	0.904
PUFA	10.155^a,b	10.889^a	10.246^a,b	9.546^b	0.186	0.074
UFA	25.343^a,b	28.084^a	25.864^a,b	24.191^b	0.544	0.068
EFA	9.236	9.805	9.236	8.726	0.180	0.195
SFA/UFA	0.770	0.776	0.800	0.777	0.007	0.487
TFA	44.712^a,b	49.501^a	46.468^a,b	42.900^b	0.843	0.031

Means within a row lacking a common superscript differ (P < 0.05, n = 18).

Abbreviations: CON, basal diet; EFA, essential fatty acids (C18:2n6c + C18:3n3+C20:4n6); MG, α-monoglyceride; MG300, basal diet +300 mg/kg MG; MG450, basal diet +450 mg/kg MG; MG600, basal diet +600 mg/kg MG; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids (C15:1n5+C16:1n7+C17:1n7+C18:1n9c + C24:1n9); PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids (C18:2n6c + C18:3n3+C20:2n6+C20:3n6+C20:4n6+C22:6n3); SFA, saturated fatty acids (C4:0 + C12:0 + C14:0 + C16:0 + C18:0 + C20:0); UFA, unsaturated fatty acids (MUFA + PUFA); TFA, total fatty acids.