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. 2021 Aug 19;11(8):2438. doi: 10.3390/ani11082438

Table 8.

Fatty acid composition (g per 100 g of all estimated fatty acids) in meat (m. longissimus lumborum).

Item Prebiotic Supplement (Pre) Probiotic Supplement (Pro) SEM p-Value
Control 0 Inulin 20 DJA 40 + Pre Pro Interaction
C 14:0 1.51 1.58 1.55 1.55 1.53 0.21 0.296 0.493 0.225
C 16:0 26.34 26.27 26.28 26.36 26.23 0.73 0.659 0.691 0.324
C 16:1 n-7 4.23 ab 4.08 b 4.38 a 4.21 4.25 0.21 0.041 0.438 0.139
C 18:0 11.99 11.68 11.64 11.87 11.66 0.62 0.438 0.347 0.184
C 18:1 n-9 43.91 44.18 44.26 43.80 44.44 1.85 0.196 0.134 0.251
C 18:2 n-6 8.65 8.84 8.75 9.07 a 8.42 b 0.53 0.142 0.047 0.073
C 18:3 n-3 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.29 0.29 0.09 0.489 0.894 0.318
C 20:0 0.16 0.16 0.14 0.16 0.14 0.03 0.342 0.373 0.251
C 20:1 n-11 0.64 0.66 0.66 0.63 0.67 0.13 0.574 0.393 0.361
C 20:2 n-6 0.19 0.22 0.20 0.19 0.22 0.08 0.137 0.149 0.246
C 20:4 n-6 0.59 0.57 0.55 0.56 0.57 0.12 0.249 0.688 0.106
C 22:2 n-6 0.31 0.37 0.38 0.36 0.34 0.09 0.064 0.091 0.267
SFA 40.06 39.77 39.69 40.02 39.66 0.52 0.316 0.369 0.368
MUFA 48.77 48.92 49.30 48.64 49.35 0.79 0.108 0.103 0.158
PUFA 10.02 10.28 10.18 10.47 a 9.84 b 0.28 0.248 0.043 0.274
PUFA n-3 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.29 0.29 0.09 0.489 0.904 0.318
PUFA n-6 9.73 9.99 9.87 10.18 a 9.54 b 0.55 0.143 0.044 0.273
PUFA n-6/n-3 34.56 a 34.84 a 33.34 b 35.38 a 33.11 b 0.43 0.047 0.039 0.082
AI 0.56 0.56 0.55 0.55 0.55 0.01 0.275 0.942 0.824
TI 1.33 1.30 1.29 1.31 1.30 0.02 0.125 0.286 0.127
h/H 1.92 1.94 1.94 1.93 1.94 0.03 0.339 0.511 0.208

a, b—statistically significant differences at p ≤ 0.05; SFA—sum of saturated fatty acids; MUFA—sum of monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA—sum of polyunsaturated fatty acids; AI—atherogenicity index; TI—thrombogenicity index; h/H—hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic ratio.