Comparison of Fatty Acid Composition between Female and Male Japanese Quail Meats
Table 2
The descriptive statistics for saturated fatty acid composition of female and male quail meats.
Fatty acid (%)
Female
Male
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
C14:0
0.60
0.83
0.77
0.57
0.56
0.81
0.60
0.65
0.70
0.62
a
0.59
0.79
0.71
0.73
0.80
0.87
0.58
0.92
0.66
0.75
a
C15:0
0.12
0.14
0.15
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.16
0.12
0.16
0.11
a
0.13
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.14
0.15
0.10
0.14
0.12
0.15
a
C16:0
25.40
23.82
25.22
24.86
22.63
26.27
23.75
23.65
24.38
23.08
b
24.76
25.06
26.10
26.51
25.42
26.92
26.31
25.57
24.72
26.20
a
C17:0
0.20
0.16
0.20
0.18
0.09
0.11
0.11
0.20
0.09
0.20
a
0.20
0.18
0.17
0.16
0.11
0.24
0.26
0.20
0.15
0.14
a
C18:0
6.50
6.81
7.88
8.67
5.85
7.74
8.25
7.65
8.06
7.50
a
7.31
6.26
6.23
7.17
6.48
8.37
9.01
7.59
8.41
6.38
a
C20:0
0.40
0.39
0.33
0.25
0.22
0.51
0.30
0.60
0.30
0.30
a
0.24
0.26
0.33
0.20
0.40
0.50
0.47
0.69
0.23
0.45
a
C24:0
0.11
0.10
0.08
0.10
0.09
0.18
0.13
0.08
0.13
0.10
a
0.13
0.15
0.15
0.11
0.15
0.17
0.13
0.15
0.10
0.10
a
∑SFA
33.33
32.25
34.63
34.75
29.56
35.74
33.30
32.95
33.82
31.91
b
33.36
32.85
33.84
35.03
33.50
37.22
36.86
35.26
34.39
34.17
a
Values with different superscripts indicate significance with difference between female and male quail in the same row (p < 0.05). SFA: saturated fatty acids; S: Standard Deviation.