Alternations in Cholesterol and Fatty Acids Composition in Egg Yolk of Rhode Island Red x Fyoumi Hens Fed with Hemp Seeds (Cannabis sativa L.)
Table 4
Mean ± SE of unsaturated fatty acid (mg/g) in eggs from hens fed with different levels of hemp seed ().
Unsaturated fatty acids
Levels of hemp seed
HS-0
HS-15
HS-20
HS-25
value
Palmitoleic acid (C16:1) MUFA
4.87 ± 0.19
2.89 ± 0.07
2.16 ± 0.18
2.42 ± 0.13
0.0001
Oleic acid (C18:1) MUFA
65.67 ± 1.36
54.45 ± 3.3
52.51 ± 1.7
51.00 ± 0.94
0.0040
Linoleic acid (C18:2) PUFA
30.08 ± 1.22
54.05 ± 1.3
57.57 ± 0.77
59.10 ± 0.35
0.0001
g-linolenic acid (C18:3n6) PUFA
0.10 ± 0.00
0.22 ± 0.02
0.27 ± 0.01
0.31 ± 0.01
0.0001
Linolenic acid (C18:3n3) PUFA
1.22 ± 0.09
4.29 ± 0.03
6.34 ± 0.08
9.16 ± 0.35
0.0001
Eicosadienoic acid (C20:2n6) PUFA
0.10 ± 0.00
0.29 ± 0.01
0.33 ± 0.02
0.35 ± 0.01
0.0001
Eicosatrienoic acid (C20:3n3) PUFA
0.10 ± 0.00
0.13 ± 0.01
0.11 ± 0.01
0.20 ± 0.00
0.0001
Arachidonic acid (C20:4n6) PUFA
3.43 ± 0.12
3.42 ± 0.09
3.50 ± 0.09
3.77 ± 0.09
0.1044
EPA (C20:5n3) PUFA
0.00 ± 0.00
0.10 ± 0.00
0.18 ± 0.02
0.50 ± 0.12
0.0016
DHA (C22:6n3) PUFA
1.33 ± 0.09
3.27 ± 0.12
3.65 ± 0.03
5.26 ± 0.44
0.0001
MUFA (total)
70.54 ± 0.01
56.34 ± 0.01
54.67 ± 0.01
53.42 ± 0.01
0.0000
PUFA (total)
36.36 ± 0.01
65.77 ± 0.01
71.96 ± 0.00
78.65 ± 0.00
0.0000
Means in the same column with different superscripts are significantly different (). MUFA: monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid; EPA: eicosapentaenoic acid; DHA: docosahexaenoic acid.
