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Table 6 Effects of vitamin E supplementation on unsaturated fatty acid content (% of total fatty acids) in the longissimus lumborum

From: Effects of dietary vitamin E on muscle vitamin E and fatty acid content in Aohan fine-wool sheep

Item

Treatments (IU/sheep/d vitamin E)

P-value

 

0

20

100

200

1,000

2,000

2,400

 

C14:1

0.040 ± 0.006a

0.057 ± 0.007a

0.059 ± 0.001a

0.049 ± 0.010a

0.057 ± 0.011a

0.084 ± 0.011b

0.052 ± 0.004a

0.0432

C16:1

0.75 ± 0.14a

1.30 ± 0.08b

1.26 ± 0.06b

1.65 ± 0.10c

1.22 ± 0.11b

1.02 ± 0.18ab

1.21 ± 0.04b

0.0025

t 11-C18:1(VA)

0.76 ± 0.14

1.32 ± 0.47

2.95 ± 1.28

1.58 ± 0.12

1.46 ± 0.55

1.12 ± 0.56

1.26 ± 0.40

0.3348

C18:1n9

23.42 ± 3.40a

37.79 ± 1.56b

38.57 ± 0.88b

48.17 ± 1.78c

35.92 ± 3.48b

32.56 ± 3.41b

39.46 ± 1.71b

0.0004

C18:1n7

0.91 ± 0.11a

1.28 ± 0.03bc

1.40 ± 0.05cd

1.42 ± 0.06cd

1.63 ± 0.14d

1.07 ± 0.08ab

1.28 ± 0.04bc

0.0005

C20:1

0.063 ± 0.004a

0.081 ± 0.005ab

0.108 ± 0.004cd

0.119 ± 0.013d

0.116 ± 0.006d

0.114 ± 0.004cd

0.094 ± 0.002bc

0.0002

C22:1

0.014 ± 0.002

0.016 ± 0.001

0.014 ± 0.002

0.013 ± 0.001

0.034 ± 0.014

0.016 ± 0.002

0.017 ± 0.003

0.2172

C24:1

0.033 ± 0.002

0.034 ± 0.002

0.029 ± 0.008

0.032 ± 0.005

0.052 ± 0.022

0.029 ± 0.004

0.033 ± 0.002

0.5996

MUFA

26.00 ± 3.78a

41.87 ± 1.53b

44.39 ± 1.46b

53.04 ± 1.76c

40.49 ± 2.92b

36.01 ± 3.59b

43.42 ± 1.23b

0.0001

C18:2n6

3.18 ± 0.23

2.75 ± 0.30

3.44 ± 1.11

3.16 ± 0.47

4.58 ± 1.81

3.07 ± 0.43

3.22 ± 0.63

0.8425

C18:3n6

0.043 ± 0.007

0.043 ± 0.010

0.064 ± 0.012

0.059 ± 0.002

0.082 ± 0.015

0.052 ± 0.004

0.055 ± 0.011

0.1371

C18:3n3

0.98 ± 0.12

0.93 ± 0.16

1.13 ± 0.26

1.06 ± 0.07

1.63 ± 0.69

1.03 ± 0.11

1.01 ± 0.20

0.7220

c 9t 11-CLA

0.23 ± 0.05a

0.36 ± 0.05ab

0.48 ± 0.06bc

0.66 ± 0.07d

0.49 ± 0.05bc

0.63 ± 0.05cd

0.43 ± 0.01b

0.0006

t 10c 12-CLA

0.038 ± 0.004

0.044 ± 0.003

0.041 ± 0.008

0.051 ± 0.011

0.060 ± 0.013

0.047 ± 0.004

0.044 ± 0.003

0.5261

C20:2

0.41 ± 0.04

0.36 ± 0.03

0.44 ± 0.08

0.41 ± 0.03

0.63 ± 0.20

0.41 ± 0.04

0.45 ± 0.03

0.4296

C20:4n6

1.47 ± 0.14

1.39 ± 0.14

1.64 ± 0.47

1.59 ± 0.24

2.63 ± 1.17

1.62 ± 0.32

1.65 ± 0.32

0.6994

C20:5n3

0.057 ± 0.004

0.056 ± 0.002

0.064 ± 0.014

0.056 ± 0.004

0.098 ± 0.034

0.061 ± 0.011

0.065 ± 0.015

0.5303

C22:4n6

0.16 ± 0.01

0.15 ± 0.01

0.17 ± 0.04

0.17 ± 0.03

0.23 ± 0.09

0.15 ± 0.02

0.18 ± 0.03

0.8418

C22:5n3

0.17 ± 0.01

0.16 ± 0.01

0.19 ± 0.04

0.18 ± 0.02

0.29 ± 0.11

0.18 ± 0.03

0.17 ± 0.03

0.5632

C22:6n3

0.023 ± 0.002

0.021 ± 0.003

0.032 ± 0.011

0.034 ± 0.003

0.050 ± 0.018

0.032 ± 0.007

0.040 ± 0.012

0.4236

PUFA

6.77 ± 0.47

6.25 ± 0.52

7.70 ± 1.98

7.42 ± 0.87

10.77 ± 4.10

7.27±1.02

7.32 ± 1.24

0.7211

n-6 PUFA

4.85 ± 0.37

4.33 ± 0.40

5.32 ± 1.63

4.98 ± 0.74

7.52 ± 3.08

4.89±0.78

5.10 ± 0.98

0.7900

n-3 PUFA

1.23 ± 0.11

1.16 ± 0.16

1.42 ± 0.32

1.32 ± 0.09

2.06 ± 0.86

1.30±0.16

1.29 ± 0.25

0.6818

(18:0+18:1)/16:0

1.66 ± 0.25a

2.58 ± 0.23bc

2.81 ± 0.03c

3.68 ± 0.38d

2.75 ± 0.08c

1.96±0.12ab

2.49 ± 0.10bc

0.0002

c 9t 11-CLA/VA

0.30 ± 0.01

0.34 ± 0.11

0.24 ± 0.09

0.43 ± 0.08

0.67 ± 0.45

0.84±0.30

0.50 ± 0.24

0.5607

n-6/n-3

3.96 ± 0.17

3.80 ± 0.34

3.61 ± 0.34

3.74 ± 0.36

3.73 ± 0.15

3.73±0.14

3.95 ± 0.24

0.9597

MUFA/SFA

0.39 ± 0.08a

0.81 ± 0.05bc

0.94 ± 0.10c

1.35 ± 0.12d

0.83 ± 0.04bc

0.65±0.10b

0.88 ± 0.03bc

0.0001

PUFA/SFA

0.100 ± 0.002

0.120 ± 0.010

0.168 ± 0.054

0.191 ± 0.030

0.226 ± 0.092

0.130±0.022

0.149 ± 0.025

0.4786

  1. VA trans vaccenic acid, MUFA monounsaturated fatty acid, CLA conjugated linoleic acid, PUFA polyunsaturated fatty acid, SFA saturated fatty acid.
  2. Values in the same row with different superscripts differ significantly (P < 0.05). Data are presented as the mean ± standard error.