Enhancing the quality and lipid stability of chicken nuggets using natural antioxidants

Table 4 Fatty acid composition and profile in chicken nuggets

		Control	WGO	AT	ALA	WGO + ALA	WGO + AT
fatty acids (%) in leg chicken nuggets	¹C_16:0	18.93	22.34	18.74	17.97	21.18	17.11
	²C_16:1	2.46	2.56	2.43	2.41	2.49	2.41
	³C_17:0	0.51	0.51	0.49	0.49	0.50	0.47
	⁴C_17:1	0.38	0.38	0.37	0.35	0.37	0.35
	⁵C_18:0	13.05	13.37	12.91	12.61	13.06	12.35
	⁶C_18:1	33.37	35.29	33.06	32.78	35.15	32.55
	⁷C_18:2	14.09	16.41	13.80	13.57	16.07	13.28
	⁸C_18:3	0.83	1.57	0.82	0.80	1.50	0.77
	⁹C_20:4	6.32	6.33	6.29	6.21	6.31	6.15
fatty acid profile (%) in leg chicken nuggets	SFA	32.48	36.22	32.13	31.06	34.74	29.93
	MUFA	36.20	38.23	35.86	35.55	38.01	35.31
	PUFA	21.24	24.31	20.91	20.58	23.88	20.20
	UFA	57.43	62.53	56.77	56.13	61.88	55.51
	SFA/UFA	0.57	0.58	0.57	0.55	0.56	0.54
	PUFA/SFA	0.65	0.67	0.65	0.66	0.69	0.67

¹ Palmitic ² Palmitoleic ³ Margaric ⁴ Margaroleic ⁵ Stearic ⁶ Oleic ⁷ Linoleic ⁸ Linolenic ⁹ Arachidonic
Control, WGO = (wheat germ oil (Natural α-tocopherol) 200 mg/ kg feed), AT (α-tocopherol 200 mg/kg feed), ALA = α-Lipoic acid 150 mg/kg feed, WGO + ALA = wheat germ oil (Natural α-tocopherol) 200 mg/ kg feed) + α-Lipoic acid 150 mg, ALA + AT = α-Lipoic acid 150 mg + α-tocopherol 200 mg/ kg feed
SFA Saturated fatty acids, MUFA Mono unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA Poly unsaturated fatty acids, UFA Unsaturated fatty acids, SFA/UFA Ratio of saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids, PUFA/SFA Ratio of poly unsaturated fatty acids and saturated fatty acids

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