. 2021 Jul 10;100(10):101379. doi: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101379

Table 5.

Fatty acid profile in eggs (mg fatty acids/100 g eggs; $\bar{x}$ )

Fatty acid	C	E1	E2	E3	E4	E5	SEM	P value
Myristic (C14:0)	20.20	21.83	24.37	26.04	27.80	25.39	1.81	0.065
Pentadecanoic (C15:0)	4.18^c	4.13^c	4.57^bc	4.98^abc	5.62^ab	6.09^a	0.48	0.047
Palmitic (C16:0)	1585.93^a	1036.63^bc	1102.29^bc	1048.55^bc	892.94^c	1275.12^ab	128.2	0.014
Heptadecanoic (C17:0)	15.48	10.18	11.27	10.72	10.07	14.16	1.64	1.129
Stearic (C18:0)	564.06^a	309.23^b	339.91^b	320.45^b	245.86^b	381.67^b	53.1	0.006
Heneicosanoic (C21:0)	16.84	15.11	13.55	15.90	14.37	12.26	1.04	0.058
Σ SFA	2206.68^a	1397.11^b	1495.96^b	1426.65^b	1196.66^b	1714.71^ab	180.6	0.011
Palmitoleic (C16:1)	141.54^b	214.23^a	207.72^a	222.64^a	229.50^a	234.95^a	13.25	˂0.001
Heptadecenoic (C17:1)	11.50^c	15.33^b	16.55^ab	16.17^ab	18.78^a	17.68^ab	1.05	˂0.001
Oleic (C18:1 cis+trans)	2616.80^b	3194.05^a	3163.20^a	3184.77^a	3432.13^a	3175.97^a	133.5	0.007
Eicosenoic (C20:1)	12.38^c	15.21^ab	14.34^bc	16.21^ab	16.81^a	15.53^ab	0.84	0.016
Σ MUFA	2782.22^b	3438.81^a	3401.81^a	3439.80^a	3697.22^a	3444.13^a	140.8	0.003
Linoleic (C18:2 n-6)	1637.96^a	1724.57^a	1665.41^a	1671.58^a	1635.40^a	1389.15^b	71.7	0.044
Eicosadienoic (C20:2 n-6)	10.02	12.85	11.50	12.03	11.95	10.97	0.87	0.316
Arachidonic (C20:4 n-6)	130.52^a	140.22^a	125.20^ab	127.45^a	111.35^b	85.69 ^c	5.45	˂0.001
Σ n-6 PUFA	1778.50^a	1877.64^a	1802.11^a	1811.07^a	1758.70^a	1485.81^b	75.4	0.021
α-linolenic (C18:3 n-3)	99.15^a	96.97^a	87.51^a	93.83^a	87.20^a	70.37 ^b	5.225	0.009
Eicosapentaenoic (C20:5 n-3)	^*	10.27^d	11.17^d	12.07^c	16.64^b	20.10^a	0.772	˂0.001
Docosahexaenoic (C22:6 n-3)	105.44^e	151.19^d	173.44^cd	188.59^bc	215.57^ab	236.87^a	12.76	˂0.001
Σ n-3 PUFA	204.59^c	258.44^b	272.12^b	294.49^ab	319.42^a	327.35^a	14.76	˂0.001
n-6/n-3 PUFA	8.69^a	7.33^b	6.63^bc	6.16^cd	5.58^d	4.54^e	0.282	˂0.001

Diets differed in the oil contents: C group 5% SO; E1 group 0.3% FO + 4.7% SO: E2 group 0.6% FO + 4.4% SO; E3 group 0.9% FO + 4.1% SO; E4 group 1.2% FO + 3.8% SO; E5 group 1.5% FO + 3.5% SO.

Abbreviations: MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA, saturated fatty acids.

^⁎

Detected in traces; $\bar{x}$ = mean value.

^a,b,c,d,e

Letters above the mean values in the rows indicate statistical significance at the level of P < 0.05.