Skip to main content

Table 4 Fatty acid concentration of intestinal mucosa and breast muscle (fresh) of broilers at 6 wk of age

From: Poultry fat decreased fatty acid transporter protein mRNA expression and affected fatty acid composition in chickens

Fatty acid

Intestinal mucosa

Breast muscle

Poultry fat

Soybean oil

SEM

P value

Poultry fat

Soybean oil

SEM

P value

C14:0, mg/g

0.11

0.08

0.013

0.193

0.04

0.03

0.006

0.385

C14:1, mg/g

0.03

0.02

0.005

0.125

0.08

0.08

0.002

0.707

C16:0, mg/g

4.85

4.31

0.511

0.535

2.19

1.93

0.128

0.348

C16:1, mg/g

0.91

0.46

0.128

0.077

0.36

0.21

0.047

0.021

C18:0, mg/g

3.58

3.73

0.243

0.488

1.03

1.05

0.038

0.833

C18:1, mg/g

6.24

4.32

0.762

0.160

3.08

2.23

0.266

0.113

C18:2, mg/g

5.86

8.24

0.636

0.015

1.83

2.60

0.164

0.010

C18:3, mg/g

0.18

0.45

0.044

<0.001

0.05

0.14

0.015

<0.001

C20:0, mg/g

0.07

0.07

0.009

0.439

0.01

0.01

0.001

1.000

C20:1, mg/g

0.10

0.09

0.013

0.746

0.05

0.03

0.004

0.029

C20:2, mg/g

0.08

0.12

0.010

0.018

0.07

0.11

0.007

<0.001

C20:3, mg/g

1.27

1.01

0.107

0.137

0.61

0.69

0.022

0.056

C22:0, mg/g

0.43

0.42

0.064

0.436

0.09

0.08

0.007

0.345

C24:0, mg/g

0.43

0.25

0.076

0.008

0.08

0.19

0.030

0.075

ΣSFA, mg/g

9.36

8.66

0.717

0.687

3.40

3.26

0.159

0.680

ΣMUFA, mg/g

7.28

4.89

0.899

0.145

3.51

2.56

0.315

0.089

ΣPUFA, mg/g

7.40

9.82

0.676

0.020

2.56

3.54

0.196

0.005

ΣFA, mg/g

24.04

23.37

1.704

0.854

9.48

9.36

0.506

0.916

SFA, %

39.27

37.16

0.814

0.024

36.15

34.89

0.455

0.124

MUFA, %

29.48

20.71

1.687

<0.001

36.62

27.21

1.669

<0.001

PUFA, %

31.25

42.13

1.040

<0.001

27.24

37.90

1.720

<0.001

MUFA/SFA

0.75

0.56

0.040

<0.001

1.02

0.78

0.042

<0.001

PUFA/SFA

0.80

1.13

0.052

0.006

0.75

1.09

0.053

<0.001