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Table 4 Fatty acid concentration, mg/100 g of chicken breast filet from 16 animals fed a diet containing 4% soybean oil (SO) or 16 animals fed a diet containing 2% rapeseed oil plus 2% linseed oil (RLO)

From: Increased EPA levels in serum phospholipids of humans after four weeks daily ingestion of one portion chicken fed linseed and rapeseed oil

 

SO

RLO

P*

 

Mean

SEM

Mean

SEM

 

C14:0

9.75

1.20

9.85

1.03

0.951

C15:0

2.32

0.25

2.44

0.22

0.718

C16:0

307

28

287

25

0.585

C16:1 n-7

43.9

6.42

42.2

4.70

0.832

C18:0

142

10.31

137

10.44

0.736

C18:1,c9

451

55.45

507

53.6

0.469

C18:2,n-6 (LA)

379

42.78

245

21.0

0.009

C18:3,n-3 (ALA)

29.9

4.17

103

11.54

0.000

C20:4,n-6 (AA)

73.2

2.22

42.73

1.36

0.000

C20:5,n-3 (EPA)

4.54

0.24

21.19

0.61

0.000

C22:5,n-3 (DPA)

20.0

1.03

39.25

1.87

0.000

C22:6,n-3 (DHA)

14.1

0.97

20.41

1.10

0.000

SFA

459

39.74

433

36.0

0.634

MUFA

495

61.68

550

58.2

0.523

PUFA

521

48.04

472

34.8

0.420

n-3 PUFA

68.5

4.73

184

13.3

0.000

LC n-3 PUFA

38.6

1.72

80.9

2.97

0.000

AA/EPA

16.55

0.71

2.03

0.07

0.000

n-6/n-3

6.48

0.26

1.56

0.02

0.000

16:1n-7/16:0

0.13

0.01

0.14

0.00

0.240

18:1c9/18:0

3.03

0.18

3.65

0.13

0.010

AA/LA

0.23

0.03

0.19

0.01

0.146

EPA/ALA

0.22

0.05

0.23

0.02

0.879

DPA/EPA

4.52

0.28

1.86

0.09

0.000

DHA/DPA

0.72

0.05

0.53

0.02

0.001

  1. (Mean values and standard errors, SEM).
  2. *Significance in mean values between groups.
  3. SFA: sum of 14:0, 16:0 and 18:0.
  4. MUFA: sum of 16:1 n-7 and 18:1 n-9.
  5. PUFA: sum of LA, ALA, AA, EPA, DPA and DHA.
  6. n-3 PUFA: sum of ALA, EPA, DPA and DHA.
  7. LC n-3 PUFA: sum of EPA, DPA and DHA.
  8. n-6/n-3: (LA + AA)/(ALA + EPA + DPA + DHA).
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