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. 2021 Jan 29;11:2638. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-82313-1

Table 6.

Fatty acids composition (%) in yolk lipids (mean values x̅ and standard deviation ± SD) and the content of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (%) in yolk lipids (x̅ ± SD).

Fatty acids Group1  ± SD* Age of hens (weeks) p value
A B I (19) II (29) III (39) Group Age of hens Interaction
Content of fatty acids (%) in yolk lipids
C14:0 0.49 0.48  ± 0.06 0.48 0.50 0.47 0.695 0.601 0.449
C15:0 0.10a 0.11b  ± 0.02 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.047 0.244 0.576
C16:0 46.77 46.36  ± 1.54 47.45a 45.51b 46.75ab 0.423 0.014 0.773
C16:1 1.90 1.85  ± 0.35 2.13a 1.95b 1.53b 0.586 0.000 0.612
C17:0 0.24 0.26  ± 0.05 0.24 0.24 0.28 0.172 0.121 0.477
C18:0 16.64 17.15  ± 1.07 16.69 16.97 17.04 0.226 0.768 0.649
C18:1n9 21.81a 20.76b  ± 1.35 20.64b 22.49a 20.72b 0.015 0.001 0.823
C18:2n6 9.52b 10.34a  ± 0.95 9.53 9.78 10.49 0.021 0.066 0.674
C18:3n3 0.34b 0.38a  ± 0.05 0.35 0.38 0.35 0.034 0.511 0.417
C20:1n9 0.10 0.11  ± 0.02 0.10b 0.12a 0.10b 0.431 0.009 0.691
C20:2n6 0.15 0.17  ± 0.04 0.18a 0.15ab 0.14b 0.078 0.019 0.894
C22:0 1.72 1.79  ± 0.25 1.86 1.62 1.78 0.430 0.078 0.334
C24:0 0.22 0.25  ± 0.05 0.26a 0.21b 0.24ab 0.158 0.035 0.436
Content of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (%) in yolk lipids
SFA 66.18 66.40  ± 0.90 67.07a 65.13b 66.67a 0.527 0.000 0.322
UFA 33.81 33.60  ± 0.89 32.93b 34.87a 33.33b 0.545 0.000 0.328
MUFA 23.81a 22.71b  ± 1.18 22.87b 24.56a 22.35b 0.020 0.001 0.744
PUFA 10.01b 10.89a  ± 0.92 10.06 10.31 10.98 0.017 0.094 0.639
OMEGA 3 0.34b 0.38a  ± 0.05 0.35 0.38 0.35 0.034 0.511 0.417
OMEGA 6 9.67b 10.51a  ± 0.95 9.71 9.93 10.63 0.021 0.066 0.674
OMEGA 9 21.91a 20.87b  ± 1.09 20.74b 22.61a 20.82b 0.018 0.010 0.823
DFA 50.46 50.76  ± 1.17 49.63b 51.84a 50.37b 0.512 0.002 0.766
OFA 47.26 46.84  ± 1.32 47.92a 46.00b 47.22a 0.421 0.018 0.808
UFA/SFA 0.51 0.51  ± 0.02 0.49b 0.54a 0.50b 0.535 0.000 0.321
MUFA/SFA 0.36 0.34  ± 0.02 0.34b 0.38a 0.34b 0.035 0.000 0.616
PUFA/SFA 0.15b 0.16a  ± 0.02 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.025 0.101 0.576
DFA/SFA 0.76 0.76  ± 0.03 0.74b 0.80a 0.76b 0.850 0.000 0.565
DFA/OFA 1.07 1.09  ± 0.06 1.04b 1.13a 1.07ab 0.472 0.007 0.830
OMEGA 6/3 27.77 29.28  ± 2.75 30.63a 26.91b 28.03ab 0.179 0.028 0.325
OMEGA 9/6 2.00b 2.29a  ± 0.28 1.99 2.30 2.16 0.011 0.068 0.910
OMEGA 9/3 55.46b 67.18a  ± 10.87 61.67 61.68 60.61 0.012 0.979 0.478

Different letters (a, b) indicate a significant difference between treatments (A–B) and periods (I–V) at p < 0.05.

*Standard deviation.

1TREATMENT: A, control with soybean meal; B, experimental with yellow lupin, narrow-leaved lupin and peas. C14:0, myristic acid; C15:0, pentadecanoic acid; C16:0, palmitic acid; C16:1, palmitoleic acid; C17:0, margaric acid; C18:0, stearic acid; C18:1n9, oleic acid; C18:2n6, linoleic acid; C18:3n3, alpha-linolenic acid; C20:1n9, eicosanoic acid; C20:2n6, eicosadienoic acid; C22:0, behenic acid; C24:0, lignoceric acid; SFA, saturated fatty acid; UFA, unsaturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; OMEGA 3,6,9, unsaturated fatty acid from PUFA (n-3, n-6) and MUFA (n-9); DFA, hypocholesterolemic acid; OFA, hypercholesterolemic acid.