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

Table 3

Fatty acid profiles of the longissimus dorsi muscle of goats fed diets containing different levels of whole linseed.

Fatty acids	Experimental diets^1
	L0	L10	L20
	g/100 g (mean ± SE) of total fatty acids
C12:0, lauric	0.63  ±  0.21	0.54  ±  0.15	0.55  ±  0.08
C14:0, myristic	1.87  ±  0.19	1.75  ±  0.36	1.87  ±  0.32
C15:0, pentadecanoic	0.90  ±  0.06	1.08  ±  0.22	0.90  ±  0.13
C15:1, pentadecenoic	0.77  ±  0.10	0.88  ±  0.16	0.74  ±  0.07
C16:0, palmitic	20.94^a  ±  0.19	18.11^b  ±  1.08	18.80^b  ±  0.93
C16:1, palmitoleic	1.89^a  ±  0.14	1.37^b  ±  0.17	1.08^b  ±  0.13
C17:0, heptadecanoic	1.79  ±   0.24	1.46  ±  0.23	1.31  ±  0.23
C17.1, heptadecenoic	0.66  ±  0.09	0.60  ±  0.05	0.67  ±  0.08
C18:0, stearic	15.09  ±  0.82	15.35  ±  0.72	16.85  ±  1.06
C18:1 n-9, oleic	36.17  ±  1.31	39.45  ±  0.89	36.18  ±  2.04
C18:1 trans-11, vaccenic	1.44  ±  0.15	1.36  ±  0.29	1.99  ±  0.16
C18:2 n-6, linoleic	10.30^a  ±  1.43	7.03^b  ±  0.58	6.71^b  ±  0.78
C18:2 cis-9, trans-11. CLA	0.65  ±  0.19	0.91  ±  0.23	0.77  ±  0.07
C18:2 trans-10, cis-12, CLA	0.47  ±  0.16	0.41  ±  0.08	0.45  ±  0.14
C18:3 n-3, linolenic	0.39^c  ±  0.09	2.31^b  ±  0.35	4.85^a  ±  0.89
C20:4 n-6, arachidonic	4.58^a  ±  0.38	3.22^b  ±  0.34	3.22^b  ±  0.37
C20:5 n-3, eicosapentaenoic	0.22^b  ±  0.04	1.38^a  ±  0.24	1.55^a  ±  0.17
C22:5 n-3, docosapentaenoic	0.50^b  ±  0.05	1.25^a  ±  0.27	1.90^a  ±  0.20
C22:6 n-3, docosahexaenoic	0.63^b  ±  0.10	0.77^ab  ±  0.11	1.00^a  ±  0.12
SFA^2	41.23  ±  0.51	38.29  ±  1.02	40.17  ±  1.34
UFA^3	58.77  ±  0.84	61.71  ±  1.02	59.83  ±  1.09
MUFA^4	40.92  ±  1.35	43.66  ±  0.85	40.67  ±  1.95
PUFA n-3^5	1.74^c  ±  0.18	6.36^b  ±  0.71	9.00^a  ±  1.06
PUFA n-6^6	14.88^a  ±  1.53	10.24^b  ±  0.90	9.57^b  ±  1.12
Total CLA^7	1.11  ±  0.14	1.32  ±  0.24	1.22  ±  0.19
PUFA n-6/n-3	8.86^a  ±  1.42	1.68^b  ±  0.17	1.16^b  ±  0.11
UFA/SFA	1.43^b  ±  0.03	1.62^a  ±  0.07	1.50^ab  ±  0.08
PUFA/SFA	0.40^b  ±  0.02	0.44^a  ±  0.04	0.45^a  ±  0.02

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+ C15:0 + C16:0 + C17:0 + C18:0.
³UFA (unsaturated fatty acids): C14:1 + C15:1 + C16:1 + C17:1 + C18:1n-9 + C18:1n-9 trans + C18:2 n-6 + C18:3 n-3 + C20:4 n-6, C20:5n-3 + C22:5 n-3 + C22:6 n-3.
⁴MUFA (monounsaturated fatty acids): C14:1+ C15:1 + C16:1 + C17:1 + C18:1 n-9 + C18:1 n-9 trans.
⁵PUFA n-3: C18:3 n-3 + C20:5 n-3 + C22:5 n-3 + C22:6 n-3.
⁶PUFA n-6 = C18:2 n-6 + C20:4 n-6.
⁷Total CLA: C18:2 cis-9, trans-11 + C18:2 trans-10, cis-12.