Table 7.

Fatty acid profile of the fresh breast muscle (g FA/100 g total FAs).

	Diets						SEM	p-Value
	NRC	AVI	AVI + vitE	AVI + vitC	AVI + Se	AVI + ECSe
Fatty acids 1 (g of FA/100 g FAs)
C16:0	21.54	22.53	22.26	23.11	22.54	22.34	0.38	0.202
∑ C16:1 2	2.06	3.73	3.05	3.59	3.06	3.46	0.26	0.059
C18:0	6.83	5.94	6.25	5.84	6.30	5.43	0.40	0.321
∑ C18:1 2	31.28	33.28	34.11	34.78	35.03	35.47	0.97	0.100
C18:2 n-6	23.05	21.83	21.30	21.95	22.10	22.89	0.61	0.368
C18:3 n-3	1.19	1.25	1.14	1.26	1.31	1.40	0.06	0.182
C20:4 n-6	5.35	3.79	4.23	3.23	3.24	2.77	0.52	0.075
C20:5 n-3	0.15	0.13	0.16	0.10	0.11	0.08	0.02	0.164
C22:4 n-6	1.11	0.86	1.12	0.76	0.79	0.64	0.11	0.092
C22:5 n-3	0.88	0.61	0.72	0.55	0.52	0.50	0.10	0.144
C22:6 n-3	0.62	0.44	0.58	0.38	0.40	0.37	0.07	0.104
Sum of SFA 3	31.06	31.44	31.38	31.60	30.56	30.67	0.40	0.516
Sum of MUFA 4	37.06	38.16	36.73	38.85	38.59	39.86	1.56	0.733
Sum of PUFA 5	31.13	29.25	29.51	29.27	28.98	29.25	1.32	0.848
n-3 PUFA 5	29.22	27.48	27.75	27.71	27.23	27.32	1.25	0.855
n-6 PUFA 5	2.62	2.49	2.71	2.35	2.39	2.40	0.21	0.797
n-6/n-3 PUFA 5	11.30	11.23	10.59	11.52	11.55	11.23	0.52	0.788

Nomenclature as in Table 2. ¹ Values represent the means of 2 analyses per sample. Only the prevalent and dietary important fatty acids are listed, whereas the sum of SFA, MUFA, and PUFA are calculated from all analyzed fatty acids. ² Sum of isomers. ³ Saturated fatty acids. ⁴ Monounsaturated fatty acids. ⁵ Polyunsaturated fatty acids.