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

Table 6

Fatty acid profiles of the subcutaneous fat 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	0.55  ±  0.26	0.11  ±  0.02	0.31  ±  0.09
C14:0, myristic	0.38  ±  0.18	0.11  ±  0.01	0.32  ±  0.08
C15:0, pentadecanoic	1.38  ±  0.42	0.75  ±  0.04	0.86  ±  0.18
C15:1, pentadecenoic	0.69  ±  0.26	0.21  ±  0.01	0.35  ±  0.14
C16:0, palmitic	23.77^a  ±  1.67	22.80^b  ±  0.56	21.41^b  ±  0.71
C16:1, palmitoleic	0.50^b  ±  0.20	0.94^b  ±  0.25	1.82^a  ±  0.19
C17:0, heptadecanoic	1.51^b  ±  0.21	0.63^b  ±  0.17	1.06^ab  ±  0.14
C17.1, heptadecenoic	1.65  ±  0.34	1.40^a  ±  0.12	1.77  ±  0.15
C18:0, stearic	26.76^a  ±  2.50	23.72^b  ±  1.07	21.44^b  ±  3.47
C18:1 n-9 cis, oleic	37.14^b  ±  1.16	43.13^a  ±  0.67	39.90^b  ±  1.43
C18:1 trans-11, vaccenic	1.65^b  ±  0.53	1.72^b  ±  0.25	4.96^a  ±  0.73
C18:2 n-6, linoleic	2.80  ±  0.91	2.20  ±  0.25	2.88  ±  1.26
C18:2 cis-9, trans-11. CLA	0.64^b  ±  0.34	0.68^b  ±  0.25	1.23^a  ±  0.19
C18:2 trans-10, cis-12, CLA	0.24  ±  0.05	0.35  ±  0.06	0.30  ±  0.07
C18:3 n-3, linolenic	0.28^c  ±  0.06	0.86^b  ±  0.13	1.94^a  ±  0.26
C20:4 n-6, arachidonic	0.15^b  ±  0.05	0.47^a  ±  0.10	0.33^ab  ±  0.08
SFA^2	53.98^a  ±  1.06	48.01^b  ±  0.91	45.08^b  ±  2.88
UFA^3	46.02^b  ±  1.06	51.99^a  ±  0.91	54.92^b  ±  2.88
MUFA^4	42.01^b  ±  1.06	42.93^a  ±  0.74	45.41^ab  ±  2.20
PUFA n-3^5	0.28^c  ±  0.06	0.86^b  ±  0.13	1.94^a  ±  0.26
PUFA n-6^6	2.95  ±  0.93	2.67  ±  0.17	3.20  ±  1.21
Total CLA^7	0.88^b  ±  0.36	1.04^ab  ±  0.20	1.53^a  ±  0.17
PUFA n-6/n-3	15.79^a  ±  1.90	3.67^b  ±  0.53	1.60^c  ±  0.63
UFA/SFA	0.85^b  ±  0.04	1.08^a  ±  0.05	1.22^a  ±  0.14
PUFA/SFA	0.06^b  ±  0.02	0.08^b  ±  0.01	0.11^a  ±  0.04

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): 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.
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.
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.