Omega-3 Fatty Acid Enriched Chevon (Goat Meat) Lowers Plasma Cholesterol Levels and Alters Gene Expressions in Rats

Table 5

Fatty acid concentration (mg/100 g tissue) in liver of rats fed either control or omega-3 enriched chevon diets (mean ± SE, 𝑛=10).

Fatty acid	CON	Enriched chevon
Lauric acid (C12:0)	2.77±0.31^a	2.22±0.12^b
Myristic acid (C14:0)	26.75±4.66^a	23.55±1.22^b
Myristoleic acid (C14:1)	3.74±0.52	2.85±0.42
Pentadecanoic acid (C15:0)	10.00±1.01^a	7.33±0.39^b
Cis Pentadecanoic acid (C15:1)	4.14±0.36^a	3.56±0.15^b
Palmitic acid (C16:0)	599.36±48.67	554.17±28.76
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1)	31.21±4.84	28.20±1.11
Heptadecanoic acid (C17:0)	20.08±2.64^a	15.71±0.95^b
Cis Heptadecenoic acid (C17:1)	4.65±0.43	4.63±0.38
Stearic acid (C18:0)	853.33±44.03	844.42±50.04
Oleic acid (C18:1n-9)	1027.99±75.86	962.26±40.92
Linoleic acid (C18:2n-6)	486.42±20.83	497.17±20.37
α-Linolenic acid (C18:3n-3)	9.52±0.59^a	22.85±0.89^b
Arachidonic acid (C20:4n-6)	339.37±16.58	364.97±16.55
Eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5n-3)	12.60±1.05^a	26.64±0.93^b
Docosapentaenoic acid (C22:5n-3)	20.27±3.06^a	45.48±2.00
Docosahexanoic acid (C22:6n-3)	40.27±3.06^a	55.48±2.00^b
^1Total n-6 PUFA	825.79±37.41	862.14±36.92
^2Total n-3 PUFA	82.66±5.76^a	150.45±9.82^b
^3n-6:n-3 FAR	9.99±1.42	5.73±1.34

1Total n-6 PUFA = sum of 18:2n-6 + 20:4n-6.
²Total n-3 PUFA = sum of C18:3n-3 + C20:5n-3 + C22:5n-3 + C22:6n-3.
³n-6:n-3 FAR = (C18:2n-6 + C20:4n-6) ÷ (C18:3n-3 + C20:5n-3 + C22:5n-3 + C22:6n-3).
^a,bValues with different superscripts between rows differ significantly at 𝑃<0.05.