Changes in Fatty Acid Composition and Distribution of N-3 Fatty Acids in Goat Tissues Fed Different Levels of Whole Linseed

Table 2

Fatty acid composition of the experimental diets.

Fatty acids	Experimental diets^1
	L0	L10	L20
	g/100 g (mean ± SE) of total fatty acids
C12:0, lauric	5.28^a  ±  0.87	3.17^b  ±  0.14	1.97^b  ±  0.23
C14:0, myristic	2.46^a  ±  0.33	1.03^b  ±  0.09	0.31^c  ±  0.09
C16:0, palmitic	28.07^a  ±  2.71	9.61^b  ±  0.20	7.89 ^b  ±  0.17
C16:1, palmitoleic	0.25  ±  0.05	0.21  ±  0.05	0.17  ±  0.02
C17:0, heptadecanoic	0.72  ±  0.16	0.39  ±  0.09	0.38  ±  0.09
C18:0, stearic	5.92^a  ±  0.51	3.23^b  ±  0.67	4.93^a  ±  0.01
C18:1 n-9, oleic	33.48^a  ±  1.73	27.67^b  ±  0.33	27.06^b  ±  0.1
C18:2 n-6, linoleic	21.88  ±  2.01	21.25  ±  0.55	18.00  ±  0.07
C18:3 n-3, -linolenic	1.92^c  ±  0.30	33.42^b  ±  0.23	39.27^a  ±  0.47
SFA^2	42.45^a  ±  3.25	17.44^b  ±  0.49	15.48^b  ±  041
UFA^3	57.55^b  ±  3.25	82.66^a  ±  0.49	84.52^a  ±  0.41
MUFA^4	33.73^a  ±  1.92	27.88^b  ±  0.11	27.23^b  ±  0.11
PUFA n-3^5	1.92^c  ±  0.30	33.42^b  ±  0.23	39.27^a  ±  0.47
PUFA n-6^6	21.88  ±  2.01	21.25  ±  0.55	18.00  ±  0.07
PUFA n-6/n-3	11.40^a±0.72	0.64^b  ±  0.02	0.46^b  ±  0.001
UFA/SFA	1.36^c  ±  0.19	4.74^b  ±  0.15	5.47^a  ±  0.02
PUFA/SFA	0.54^c  ±  0.01	3.14^b  ±  0.09	3.71^a  ±  0.01

L0 diet: control diet, containing 0% whole linseed, L10: diet containing 10% whole linseed, and L20: diet containing 20% whole linseed.
^abcValues with different superscripts within a row differ significantly at < 0.05.
²SFA (saturated fatty acids): C12:0 C14:0 + C16:0 + C17:0 + C18:0.
³UFA (unsaturated fatty acids): C16:1 + C18:1 n-9 + C18:1n-9 trans + C18:2n-6 + C18:3 n-3.
⁴MUFA (monounsaturated fatty acids): C16:1 + C18:1 n-9.
⁵PUFA n-3: C18:3 n-3.
⁶PUFA n-6: C18:2 n-6.