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.