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. 2021 Dec 9;11:23761. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03186-y

Table 5.

The content of individual unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) in sheep milk for the SCD1 and FASN polymorphisms.

SCD1/Cfr13I FASN/AciI
AA CA CC CC CT
MUFA
C14:1 0.53 ± 0.15 0.57 ± 0.09 0.56 ± 0.08 0.56 ± 0.09 0.62 ± 0.08
C16:1 5.63 ± 0.66 5.78 ± 0.73 5.44 ± 0.64 5.59 ± 0.69 5.93 ± 0.75
C17:1 0.53 ± 0.08 0.50 ± 0.06 0.49 ± 0.06 0.50 ± 0.06 0.48 ± 0.06
C18:1n9c 23.57 ± 1.35 22.75 ± 2.31 21.85 ± 1.67 22.66 ± 2.16 21.51 ± 0.94
C18:1n9t 1.92 ± 0.51 1.84 ± 0.37 1.88 ± 0.49 1.85 ± 0.37 1.94 ± 0.66
C18:1n7t 2.27 ± 0.19 2.15 ± 0.27 2.06 ± 0.27 2.13 ± 0.28 2.09 ± 0.23
C20:1 0.06 ± 0.04a 0.08 ± 0.03b 0.08 ± 0.02b 0.08 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.02
Σ MUFA 34.51 ± 2.00b 33.66 ± 2.29 32.36 ± 1.60a 32.63 ± 1.24 33.36 ± 2.24
PUFA
C18:2n6c 1.91 ± 0.33 1.76 ± 0.29 1.77 ± 0.23 1.78 ± 0.27 1.74 ± 0.31
CLA 1.29 ± 0.12 1.25 ± 0.27 1.19 ± 0.15 1.24 ± 0.23 1.22 ± 0.18
C18:3n3 1.46 ± 0.08 1.53 ± 0.23 1.48 ± 0.19 1.53 ± 0.21 1.35 ± 0.10
C20:4n6 0.10 ± 0.07 0.11 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.02 0.10 ± 0.03 0.12 ± 0.04
C20:5n3 0.07 ± 0.05a 0.08 ± 0.02 0.09 ± 0.02b 0.08 ± 0.03 0.08 ± 0.02
Σ PUFA 4.82 ± 0.40 4.72 ± 0.66 4.62 ± 0.45 4.49 ± 0.44 4.73 ± 0.59
Σ UFA 40.14 ± 1.73 39.17 ± 2.61 37.74 ± 1.73 38.87 ± 2.49 37.92 ± 1.23
Desaturase index
C14 0.07 ± 0.01 0.07 ± 0.01 0.06 ± 0.01 0,07 ± 0,01 0.07 ± 0.01
C16 0.21 ± 0.02 0.21 ± 0.02 0.20 ± 0.02 0,20 ± 0,02 0.21 ± 0.03
C18 0.69 ± 0.01 0.70 ± 0.03 0.68 ± 0.03 0,69 ± 0,03 0.68 ± 0.03
CLA 0.24 ± 0.03 0.24 ± 0.04 0.23 ± 0.03 0,24 ± 0,04 0.23 ± 0.04

MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFA Polyunsaturated fatty acids.

Mean ± SD values within the same row sharing a different superscript letter (a, b, c, etc.) are significantly different (P < 0.05).