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Table 5 Fatty acid distribution (% of FAME) in chicken breast muscle

From: N-3 fatty acid intake altered fat content and fatty acid distribution in chicken breast muscle, but did not influence mRNA expression of lipid-related enzymes

 

Selenium

 

Linseed oil

 

Low Se without LO

High Se with LO

 
 

Low

High

 

Without

With

  

Distribution, % FAME

n = 33

n = 32

p

n = 32

n = 33

p

n = 16

n = 16

p

C14:0

0.50

0.53

0.262

0.49

0.54

0.052

0.48

0.56

0.028

C14:1 n-5

0.09

0.09

0.167

0.08

0.10

0.006

0.08

0.10

0.004

C15:0

0.14

0.14

0.375

0.13

0.15

<0.001

0.13

0.15

<0.001

C16:0

17.5

17.9

0.038

17.8

17.5

0.068

17.7

17.7

0.863

C16:1 n-7

1.72

1.94

0.095

1.71

1.94

0.091

1.61

2.06

0.016

C17:0

0.29

0.29

0.888

0.27

0.30

<0.001

0.27

0.30

0.002

C18:0

11.0

10.5

0.106

10.6

11.0

0.138

10.7

10.6

0.920

C18:1 n-9

22.4

23.4

0.190

21.9

23.7

0.027

21.5

24.4

0.009

C18:2 n-6

16.8

17.4

0.525

20.8

13.7

<0.001

20.3

13.8

<0.001

C20:0

0.06

0.06

0.394

0.07

0.06

0.116

0.06

0.06

0.650

C18:3 n-6

0.10

0.10

0.999

0.14

0.07

<0.001

0.14

0.08

<0.001

C18:3 n-3

2.87

3.21

0.487

1.27

4.68

<0.001

1.22

4.97

<0.001

C20:1 n-9

0.26

0.26

0.964

0.29

0.23

<0.001

0.29

0.22

0.003

C20:2 n-6

0.75

0.68

0.339

0.93

0.51

<0.001

0.98

0.49

<0.001

C20:3 n-6

0.92

0.82

0.037

0.85

0.89

0.498

0.91

0.84

0.301

C20:3 n-3

0.39

0.36

0.585

0.16

0.57

<0.001

0.17

0.55

<0.001

C20:4 n-6

5.40

4.91

0.359

6.85

3.58

<0.001

7.18

3.43

<0.001

C20:5 n-3

1.42

1.32

0.705

0.37

2.31

<0.001

0.39

2.24

<0.001

C22:5 n-3

2.81

2.50

0.353

1.49

3.75

<0.001

1.61

3.56

<0.001

C22:6 n-3

2.09

1.70

0.044

1.43

2.35

<0.001

1.56

2.09

0.008

20:4n6/20:5n3

9.9

10.0

0.963

18.9

1.6

<0.001

18.8

1.5

<0.001

n-6/n-3

3.6

4.0

0.597

6.4

1.4

<0.001

6.0

1.4

<0.001