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

Table 4

Fatty acid profiles of the supraspinatus muscleof 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	0.31^b  ±  0.05	0.36^b  ±  0.05	0.98^a  ±  0.25
C14:0, myristic	1.73  ±  0.13	1.84  ±  0.19	1.85  ±  0.40
C15:0, pentadecanoic	0.98  ±  0.08	1.20  ±  0.20	1.27  ±  0.22
C15:1, pentadecenoic	0.82  ±  0.06	0.95  ±  0.16	1.10  ±  0.14
C16:0, palmitic	20.55^a  ±  0.35	18.78^ab  ±  0.91	16.41^b  ±  1.21
C16:1, palmitoleic	1.32  ±  0.31	1.47  ±  0.18	1.14  ±  0.19
C17:0, heptadecanoic	1.45  ±  0.20	0.90  ±  0.21	1.87  ±  0.49
C17.1, heptadecenoic	0.59  ±  0.06	0.57  ±  0.06	0.62  ±  0.04
C18:0, stearic	15.66  ±  0.37	15.62  ±  0.82	16.17  ±  0.94
C18:1 n-9, oleic	37.70  ±  1.49	36.35  ±  1.02	32.40  ±  1.43
C18:1 trans-11, vaccenic	0.84^b  ±  0.23	1.13^ab  ±  0.13	1.51^a  ±  0.21
C18:2 n-6, linoleic	10.15  ±  0.87	8.7  ±  0.61	10.4  ±  0.87
C18:2 cis-9, trans-11. CLA	0.72  ±  0.17	0.91  ±  0.25	0.97  ±  0.09
C18:2 trans-10, cis-12, CLA	0.22^b  ±  0.12	0.65^a  ±  0.18	0.66^a  ±  0.15
C18:3 n-3, linolenic	0.36^c  ±  0.09	2.73^b  ±  0.31	4.12^a  ±  0.27
C20:4 n-6, arachidonic	4.7  ±  0.37	3.7  ±  0.39	3.7  ±  0.45
C20:5 n-3, eicosapentaenoic	0.74^b  ±  0.17	1.27^ab  ±  0.15	1.76^a  ±  0.25
C22:5 n-3, docosapentaenoic	0.58^b  ±  0.10	1.52^a  ±  0.18	1.63^a  ±  0.31
C22:6 n-3, docosahexaenoic	0.44^b  ±  0.05	1.15^a  ±  0.09	1.22^a  ±  0.08
SFA^2	40.70  ±  0.39	38.70  ±  0.96	38.58  ±  0.87
UFA^3	59.30  ±  0.39	61.30  ±  0.96	61.42  ±  0.87
MUFA^4	41.27  ±  1.37	40.48  ±  1.01	36.77  ±  1.49
PUFA n-3^5	2.13^c  ±  0.26	6.67^b  ±  0.63	8.74^a  ±  0.74
PUFA n-6^6	14.85  ±  1.14	12.37  ±  0.97	14.07  ±  1.29
Total CLA^7	0.94^b  ±  0.20	1.56^a  ±  0.39	1.63^a  ±  0.19
PUFA n-6/n-3	7.55^a  ±  1.23	1.87^b  ±  0.06	1.61^a  ±  0.06
UFA/SFA	1.46^b  ±  0.02	1.59^a  ±  0.06	1.60^a  ±  0.06
PUFA/SFA	0.42^b  ±  0.03	0.50^ab  ±  0.05	0.60^a  ±  0.06

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, C20:5 n-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 + C22:5n-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.