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. 2021 Apr 6;13(4):1207. doi: 10.3390/nu13041207

Table 4.

Fatty acids content of meat (g/100 g edible portion).

Mutton Leg Veal Leg Horse Meat Pork Shoulder Beef Sirloin Rabbit Carcass Goose Carcass Duck Carcass Turkey Breast Turkey Drumstick
SFA 7.41 0.98 0.89 2.74 1.68 2.59 3.00 4.73 0.22 1.12
C 10:0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 12:0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
C 14:0 0.76 0.10 0.08 0.10 0.11 0.16 0.06 0.08 0.01 0.04
C 15:0 0.08 0 0 0 0.03 0.04 0 0.02 0 0
C 16:0 3.40 0.53 0.64 1.57 0.88 1.79 2.21 3.55 0.16 0.82
C 17:0 0.14 0 0 0.00 0.05 0.05 0.01 0.03 0 0
C 18:0 2.94 0.35 0.16 1.05 0.61 0.55 0.71 0.91 0.05 0.26
C 20:0 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.12 0 0
MUFA 5.80 0.99 0.82 3.26 1.51 1.24 6.45 9.66 0.33 1.65
C 14:1 0.10 0.03 0 0 0.04 0 0 0.02 0 0
C 15:1 0 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0
C 16:1 0.18 0.09 0.14 0.17 0.16 0.13 0.58 0.79 0.04 0.2
C 17:1 0.14 0 0 0 0.03 0 0 0.02 0 0
C 18:1 5.37 0.86 0.67 3.08 1.26 1.11 5.76 8.64 0.28 1.42
C 20:1 0 0 0.01 0 0.01 0 0.10 0.14 0.01 0.03
C 22:1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.05 0 0
PUFA 0.73 0.13 0.62 0.58 0.11 2.03 2.68 2.64 0.15 0.77
C 18:2 0.35 0.09 0.28 0.52 0.08 1.25 2.22 2.48 0.13 0.63
C 18:3 0.35 0.03 0.25 0.07 0.03 0.59 0.46 0.14 0.01 0.07
C 20:3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0
C 20:4 0.03 0 0.04 0 0 0.11 0 0.02 0.01 0.07
C 20:5 0 0 0.01 0 0 0.08 0 0.00 0 0
PUFA/SFA 0.10 0.13 0.70 0.21 0.07 0.78 0.89 0.56 0.68 0.69
PUFA n-3 0.35 0.03 0.3 0.07 0.03 0.67 0.46 0.14 0.01 0.07
PUFA n-6 0.38 0.09 0.32 0.52 0.08 1.36 2.22 2.50 0.14 0.7
PUFA n-6/PUFA n-3 1.07 3.0 1.07 7.88 2.67 2.02 4.84 17.73 14.0 10.0
AI 0.98 0.84 0.67 0.51 0.81 0.74 0.27 0.32 0.42 0.40
TI 1.40 1.01 0.37 1.23 1.27 0.66 0.50 0.69 0.65 0.75
h/H 1.47 1.56 1.71 2.20 1.38 1.61 3.72 3.11 2.53 2.55

SFA—saturated fatty acids, MUFA—monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA—polyunsaturated fatty acids, AI—atherogenic index, TI—thrombogenic index, h/H—hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratio.