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Table 7 Effects of vitamin E supplementation on unsaturated fatty acid content (% of total fatty acids) in the gluteus medius

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

0.048 ± 0.009

0.067 ± 0.010

0.100 ± 0.026

0.099 ± 0.025

0.074 ± 0.009

0.085 ± 0.007

0.099 ± 0.006

0.2013

C16:1

0.90 ± 0.16

1.30 ± 0.14

1.54 ± 0.03

1.78 ± 0.08

1.44 ± 0.14

1.59 ± 0.12

1.39 ± 0.41

0.1149

t 11-C18:1(VA)

0.58 ± 0.06

1.26 ± 0.21

1.60 ± 0.30

2.05 ± 1.10

1.58 ± 0.12

1.36 ± 0.48

1.22 ± 0.51

0.6066

C18:1n9

28.50 ± 4.16a

43.08 ± 1.68bc

41.51 ± 0.68bc

52.06 ± 7.72c

38.60 ± 3.87ab

42.74 ± 0.92bc

39.70 ± 0.65ab

0.0238

C18:1n7

1.03 ± 0.15

1.56 ± 0.17

1.45 ± 0.07

1.74 ± 0.04

1.83 ± 0.24

0.99 ± 0.45

1.47 ± 0.05

0.0951

C20:1

0.080 ± 0.012

0.154 ± 0.059

0.091 ± 0.021

0.139 ± 0.023

0.118 ± 0.003

0.101 ± 0.003

0.151 ± 0.028

0.3833

C22:1

0.014 ± 0.001

0.020 ± 0.003

0.026 ± 0.006

0.017 ± 0.004

0.030 ± 0.011

0.023 ± 0.006

0.027 ± 0.004

0.4738

C24:1

0.030 ± 0.004

0.029 ± 0.003

0.046 ± 0.015

0.124 ± 0.096

0.046 ± 0.015

0.039 ± 0.016

0.061 ± 0.023

0.6387

MUFA

31.19 ± 4.49a

47.46 ± 1.64bc

46.36 ± 0.46b

58.01 ± 7.12c

43.71 ± 3.78b

46.93 ± 0.33bc

44.12 ± 0.70b

0.0067

C18:2n6

2.94 ± 0.40

3.11 ± 0.40

3.31 ± 0.80

3.87 ± 1.16

4.48 ± 1.62

3.19 ± 0.55

3.39 ± 0.10

0.8817

C18:3n6

0.044 ± 0.007

0.057 ± 0.008

0.065 ± 0.008

0.085 ± 0.017

0.084 ± 0.024

0.065 ± 0.011

0.088 ± 0.010

0.2496

C18:3n3

0.79 ± 0.12

0.86 ± 0.16

0.89 ± 0.18

0.95 ± 0.15

1.27 ± 0.35

0.96 ± 0.20

0.94 ± 0.06

0.7183

c 9t 11-CLA

0.36 ± 0.08

0.47 ± 0.04

0.65 ± 0.04

0.84 ± 0.22

0.91 ± 0.18

0.57 ± 0.03

0.55 ± 0.18

0.1057

t 10c 12-CLA

0.034 ± 0.004

0.042 ± 0.004

0.060 ± 0.015

0.060 ± 0.015

0.059 ± 0.011

0.064 ± 0.012

0.063 ± 0.007

0.3541

C20:2

0.41 ± 0.03

0.44 ± 0.07

0.47 ± 0.07

0.51 ± 0.03

0.74 ± 0.29

0.49 ± 0.08

0.51 ± 0.02

0.6071

C20:4n6

1.73 ± 0.22

1.75 ± 0.19

1.73 ± 0.17

1.94 ± 0.26

2.92 ± 1.29

1.77 ± 0.29

2.03 ± 0.18

0.6885

C20:5n3

0.061 ± 0.007

0.064 ± 0.009

0.069 ± 0.011

0.072 ± 0.007

0.104 ± 0.027

0.077 ± 0.015

0.079 ± 0.006

0.3883

C22:4n6

0.17 ± 0.01

0.18 ± 0.03

0.19 ± 0.04

0.21 ± 0.04

0.34 ± 0.15

0.19 ± 0.03

0.23 ± 0.01

0.5694

C22:5n3

0.19 ± 0.02

0.20 ± 0.03

0.22 ± 0.04

0.23 ± 0.03

0.32 ± 0.12

0.22 ± 0.02

0.23 ± 0.01

0.6141

C22:6n3

0.031 ± 0.002

0.030 ± 0.004

0.049 ± 0.009

0.053 ± 0.015

0.066 ± 0.030

0.049 ± 0.014

0.043 ± 0.006

0.6058

PUFA

6.76 ± 0.77

7.20 ± 0.90

7.71 ± 1.29

8.81 ± 1.92

11.29 ± 4.09

7.64 ± 1.22

8.15 ± 0.14

0.7027

n-6 PUFA

4.88 ± 0.59

5.10 ± 0.60

5.30 ± 1.00

6.10 ± 1.48

7.82 ± 3.09

5.22 ± 0.88

5.74 ± 0.20

0.8001

n-3 PUFA

1.07 ± 0.13

1.15 ± 0.20

1.23 ± 0.24

1.31 ± 0.21

1.76 ± 0.53

1.31 ± 0.25

1.29 ± 0.06

0.6631

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

1.74 ± 0.14a

3.09 ± 0.21a

2.73 ± 0.03a

4.67 ± 1.13b

2.85 ± 0.11a

2.63 ± 0.13a

2.65 ± 0.04a

0.0155

c 9t 11-CLA/VA

0.62 ± 0.12

0.41 ± 0.10

0.44 ± 0.10

0.70 ± 0.40

0.57 ± 0.10

0.64 ± 0.32

0.71 ± 0.31

0.9515

n-6/n-3

4.58 ± 0.27

4.52 ± 0.29

4.34 ± 0.27

4.54 ± 0.36

4.21 ± 0.39

4.06 ± 0.27

4.47 ± 0.35

0.8807

MUFA/SFA

0.52 ± 0.11

0.96 ± 0.12

1.01 ± 0.03

2.01 ± 0.70

1.00 ± 0.07

1.04 ± 0.04

0.93 ± 0.03

0.0556

PUFA/SFA

0.111 ± 0.018

0.144 ± 0.023

0.170 ± 0.034

0.280 ± 0.059

0.268 ± 0.110

0.170 ± 0.033

0.171 ± 0.002

0.2547

  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.