Fatty acid and cholesterol profiles and hypocholesterolemic, atherogenic, and thrombogenic indices of table eggs in the retail market

Table 2 Fatty acid profiles of yolk of eggs of different sources in retail market

Fatty acid % of total fatty acids¹		Egg sources				Statistical analyses
Fatty acid % of total fatty acids¹		A	B	C	D	RSME	P-value
Caprylic	C8:0	0.063^b	0.050^b	0.063^b	1.178^a	0.222	0.001
Capric	C10:0	0.070	0.050	0.070	0.050	0.028	0.729
Lauric	C12:0	0.065	0.050	0.063	0.043	0.029	0.578
Myristic	C14:0	0.410	0. 390	0.393	0.420	0.031	0.873
Palmitic	C16:0	25.74^b	26.73^a	24.74^c	27.08^a	0.361	0.001
Stearic	C18:0	9.076^b	9.060^b	9.167^b	11.19^a	0.375	0.001
Arachidic	C20:0	0.472	0.463	0.470	0. 460	0.037	0.943
Total saturated fatty acids		35. 98^c	36.82^b	34.98^d	40.41^a	0.257	0.001
Myristoleic	C14:1	0.233	0.222	0.219	0.173	0.074	0.701
Palmitoleic	C16:1	3.553	3.542	3.539	3.516	0.183	0.991
Oleic	C18:1	40.23^b	42.22^a	40.22^b	37.39^c	0.590	0.001
Eicosenoic	C20:1	0.436^a	0.426^a	0.433^a	0.000^b	0.071	0.001
Erucic	C22:1	0.165 ^b	0.153^b	0.115^b	0.492^a	0.079	0.001
Total monounsaturated fatty acids		44.62^b	46.56^a	44.51^b	41.57^c	0.760	0.001
Linoleic	C18:2	13.29^b	13.27^b	14.35^b	15.60^a	1.798	0.267
Linolenic	C18:3	0.415^a	0.405^a	0.408^a	0.000^b	0.034	0.001
Arachidonic	C20:4	1.682^a	1.663^a	1.675^a	0.908^b	0.078	0.001
Eicosapentaeonic, EPA	C20:5	0.083^a	0.065^a	0.075^a	0.000^b	0.033	0.018
Decohexaenoic, DHA	C22:6	0.463^b	0.553^a	0.458^b	0.468^b	0.034	0.007
Total polyunsaturated fatty acids		15.93	15.96	16.96	16.98	1.876	0.758
Total unsaturated fatty acids		60.55	62.53	61.48	58.54	2.228	0.133
UFA/SFA ratio		1.687^a	1.698^a	1.757^a	1.449^b	0.006	0.001
MUFA /PUFA ratio		1.357^b	1.343^b	1.381^b	2.124^a	0.064	0.001
Total n9		40.23^b	42.22^a	40.22^b	37.39^c	0.590	0.001
Total n6		14.98	14.94	16.03	16.51	1.863	0.567
Total n3		0.960	1.030	0.940	0.870	0.100	0.209
n6/n3 ratio		15.72	14.64	17.22	18.99	2.452	0.125

SFA saturated fatty acids, UFA unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA poly unsaturated fatty acids, MUFA mono unsaturated fatty acids, RSME, root square mean error
¹Each value is 5 pooled samples per egg part
^abc Means within a row sharing common superscripts are significantly different

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