Table 7.
Major fatty acid composition in breast and thigh muscles of broilers fed diet containing carob pulp powder (%).
| Compounds | Control |
Experimental |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast | Thigh | Breast | Thigh | |
| Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) | 0.9 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 0.9 |
| Palmitic acid (C16:0) | 31.6 | 34 | 28.3 | 31.3 |
| Linolenic acid (C18:3n3) | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
| Linoleic acid (C18:2n6) | 6.2 | 4.3 | 11.5 | 11.1 |
| Oleic acid (C18:1) | 38.9 | 40.3 | 33.5 | 34.8 |
| Stearic acid (C18:0) | 17.2 | 15.7 | 17 | 16.8 |
| Arachidonic acid (C20:4n6) | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 0.7 |
| SFA | 48.8 | 49.7 | 45.3 | 48.1 |
| MUFA | 39.8 | 40.8 | 36 | 35.7 |
| PUFA | 11.4 | 9.5 | 18.6 | 16.3 |
| UFA | 51.2 | 50.3 | 54.6 | 52 |
| PUFA/SFA | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
Abbreviations: MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; SFA, Saturated fatty acids; UFA, Unsaturated fatty acids.