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Table 7 Effect of treatments on saturated, Monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acid composition of broiler breast meat

From: Lipid stability, antioxidant potential and fatty acid composition of broilers breast meat as influenced by quercetin in combination with α-tocopherol enriched diets

Treatments

2013

2014

ΣSFA

ΣMUFA

ΣPUFA

PUFA: SFA

ΣSFA

ΣMUFA

ΣPUFA

PUFA: SFA

T0

30.76a

25.81b

13.41a

0.45

29.25a

24.55b

12.60a

0.43

T1

29.37ab

25.54bc

12.91ab

0.44

27.37b

24.25bc

12.10ab

0.44

T2

28.00b

23.12d

12.38b

0.44

26.52bc

24.87ab

11.97b

0.45

T3

27.29c

23.25 cd

11.76c

0.44

25.46 cd

23.69c

11.00c

0.43

T4

27.84bc

22.85de

12.09bc

0.43

25.90c

25.31a

11.48bc

0.44

T5

26.61 cd

21.87e

11.41c

0.43

24.89d

21.57e

10.84 cd

0.44

T6

23.93de

23.13d

10.36d

0.43

21.98e

21.44e

9.77e

0.44

T7

25.68d

24.64c

10.8 cd

0.42

24.19de

23.23 cd

10.67d

0.44

T8

23.01e

26.57a

10.04de

0.43

21.29ef

21.97de

9.96de

0.46

T9

21.69f

26.16ab

9.88e

0.45

20.64f

22.25d

9.62f

0.46

  1. Means sharing similar letters in a column do not differ significantly from one another (p 0.05)
  2. T0 = control without antioxidants, T1 = 100 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T2 = 100 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T3 = 100 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T4 = 200 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T5 = 200 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T6 = 200 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed, T7 = 300 mg quercetin + 150 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed; T8 = 300 mg quercetin + 225 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed, T9 = 300 mg quercetin + 300 mg α-tocopherol/kg feed
  3. SFA = Saturated fatty acids
  4. MUFA = Mono unsaturated fatty acids
  5. PUFA = Poly unsaturated fatty acids
  6. PUFA/SFA = Ratio of polyunsaturated fatty acids and saturated fatty acids