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Table 3 Fatty acid profiles (percentage of total identified fatty acids methyl esters) in muscles of kids fed diets containing oil supplements

From: Palm oil protects α-linolenic acid from rumen biohydrogenation and muscle oxidation in cashmere goat kids

 

Longissimus dorsi

Biceps femoris

SEM main effects

P-value

PMO

LSO

MIX

PMO

LSO

MIX

Diet

Tissue

Diet×Tissue

Total fat content (g/100 g fresh sample)

2.92

3.05

2.78

2.57

2.55

2.53

0.23

0.817

0.066

0.884

Saturated fatty acids

 C10:0

0.76

0.87

0.75

1.46

1.49

1.61

0.114

0.601

<.0001

0.212

 C12:0

0.72

0.88

0.71

1.38

1.49

1.36

0.129

0.061

<.0001

0.892

 C13:0

0.51

0.56

0.55

0.83

0.76

0.89

0.080

0.953

<.0001

0.663

 C14:0

1.75

2.01

2.10

2.40

2.79

2.51

0.261

0.055

<.0001

0.379

 C15:0

0.57

0.67

0.59

0.76

0.86

0.76

0.066

0.011

<.0001

0.896

 C16:0

17.2

16.72

17.54

17.05

17.06

17.1

1.041

0.701

0.889

0.768

 C17:0

4.89

5.16

5.24

1.36

1.49

1.42

0.428

0.534

<.0001

0.808

 C18:0

12.9

12.54

12.50

11.91

11.87

12.00

0.824

0.855

0.036

0.846

 C20:0

1.32

1.36

1.29

1.33

1.50

1.28

0.169

0.241

0.440

0.641

 C21:0

0.96c

1.04bc

0.89c

0.97c

1.18a

1.09ab

0.072

0.001

<.0001

0.049

 C22:0

0.91

1.05

0.91

1.37

1.48

1.36

0.168

0.152

<.0001

0.974

Monounsaturated fatty acids

 C14:1

0.41

0.47

0.48

0.67

0.72

0.65

0.076

0.268

<.0001

0.398

 C15:1

0.45

0.51

0.54

0.66

0.71

0.63

0.087

0.456

<.0001

0.377

 C16:1

1.63

1.73

1.85

2.15

2.03

2.25

0.141

0.040

<.0001

0.316

 C17:1

0.99b

1.07ab

1.25a

1.16ab

1.22a

1.11ab

0.141

0.274

0.218

0.047

tran-9 C18:1

0.99

1.00

1.05

0.99

1.03

1.01

0.098

0.779

0.905

0.905

cis-9 C18:1

39.05

36.82

36.44

33.10

32.08

32.74

1.664

0.132

<.0001

0.332

 C20:1

0.58

0.65

0.52

0.73

0.77

0.64

0.074

0.005

<.0001

0.963

 C24:1

0.50

0.59

0.52

0.82

0.80

0.82

0.125

0.904

<.0001

0.639

n-6 Polyunsaturated fatty acids

 C18:2n-6c

0.54

0.64

0.51

0.59

0.64

0.60

0.075

0.047

0.150

0.585

 C18:2n-6t

3.61c

3.64c

3.42c

7.09a

6.04b

6.69a

0.423

0.340

<.0001

0.007

 C18:3n-6

0.56a

0.60a

0.60a

0.57a

0.61a

0.46b

0.051

0.022

0.061

0.008

 C20:2n-6

0.68ab

0.76a

0.73ab

0.65b

0.68ab

0.50c

0.072

0.023

0.001

0.041

 C20:3n-6

0.77

0.78

0.71

0.82

0.78

0.72

0.087

0.119

0.700

0.834

 C20:4n-6

2.22

2.29

2.14

4.41

3.56

3.94

0.472

0.312

<.0001

0.167

 C22:2n-6

0.72

0.95

0.81

0.61

0.77

0.76

0.097

0.011

0.031

0.302

n-3 Polyunsaturated fatty acids

 C18:3n-3

1.39d

1.52cd

1.71c

1.35d

2.47a

2.10b

0.135

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

 C20:3n-3

0.79

0.91

0.97

0.63

0.67

0.59

0.085

0.150

<.0001

0.058

 C20:5n-3

1.12

1.22

1.51

1.39

1.62

1.62

0.154

0.002

0.001

0.256

 C22:6n-3

0.86c

1.04b

1.25a

0.77c

0.76c

0.86c

0.096

0.001

<.0001

0.015

Sum and ratio

 SFA

42.47

42.82

43.01

40.85

42.00

41.34

0.900

0.253

0.001

0.570

 MUFA

44.66

42.83

42.65

40.28

39.4

39.85

1.199

0.050

<.0001

0.393

 PUFA

12.88

14.35

14.34

18.87

18.61

18.81

1.254

0.492

<.0001

0.336

 n-3 PUFA

4.17

4.69

5.44

4.14

5.52

5.17

0.624

0.003

0.495

0.206

 n-6 PUFA

8.71

9.65

8.91

14.73

13.09

13.64

1.079

0.771

<.0001

0.077

 n-3 LCPUFA

2.78

3.16

3.73

2.78

3.05

3.07

0.537

0.089

0.246

0.432

 n-6 LCPUFA

4.41

4.79

4.38

6.48

5.78

5.91

0.569

0.587

<.0001

0.189

 n-6/n-3

2.09d

2.06d

1.64e

3.55a

2.37c

2.64b

0.131

<.0001

<.0001

<.0001

 U/S

1.35

1.33

1.33

1.45

1.38

1.42

0.079

0.576

0.019

0.702

 P/S

0.30

0.34

0.33

0.46

0.44

0.46

0.040

0.754

<.0001

0.309

  1. a,b,c,d,e Interactions of diet and tissue means within a row without a common superscript letter differ (P < 0.05)
  2. 1 SFA saturated fatty acids (10:0 + 11:0 + 12:0 + 13:0 + 14:0 + 15:0 + 16:0 + 17:0 + 18:0 + 20:0 + 21:0 + 22:0 + 23:0 + 24:0), MUFA monounsaturated fatty acids (14:1 + 15:1 + 16:1 + 17:1 + tran-9 18:1 + cis-9 18:1 + 20:1 + 22:1 + 24:1), n-6 PUFA n-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids (18:2n-6t + 18:2n-6c + 18:3n-6 + 20:2n-6 + 20:3n-6 + 20:4n-6 + 22:2n-6), n-3 PUFA n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (18:3n-3 + 20:3n-3 + 20:5n-3 + 22:6n-3), n-6 LCPUFA n-6 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (20:2n-6 + 20:3n-6 + 20:4n-6 + 22:2n-6), n-3 LCPUFA n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (20:3n-3 + 20:5n-3 + 22:6n-3); n-6/n-3 n-6 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids/n-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; P/S polyunsaturated fatty acids/saturated fatty acids; U/S unsaturated fatty acids/saturated fatty acids
  3. PMO palm oil diet, LSO linseed oil diet, MIX mixed oil diet