Table 4.
Comparison of fatty acid composition of chicken breast meat from Korean native chickens and broiler

Broiler Korean native chicken SEM
HH3 WRMD1 WRMD2
C14:0 (Myristic acid) 0.90a 0.68b 0.71b 0.85a 0.028
C16:0 (Palmitic acid) 25.28 24.67 24.12 25.72 0.435
C16:1n7 (Palmitoleic acid) 4.55a 2.83b 2.47b 3.08b 0.279
C18:0 (Stearic acid) 9.14b 9.04b 9.93ab 11.07a 0.347
C18:1n9 (Oleic acid) 37.34a 28.90c 31.83b 30.85bc 0.641
C18:1n7 (Vaccenic acid) 3.30ab 3.56a 3.29ab 3.07b 0.093
C18:2n6 (Linoleic acid) 14.32c 19.84a 16.91b 15.48bc 0.592
C18:3n6 (γ-Linolenic acid) 0.15 0.17 0.12 0.14 0.019
C18:3n3 (α-Linolenic acid) 0.35b 1.06a 0.95a 1.02a 0.037
C20:1n9 (Eicosenoic acid) 0.45 0.44 0.96 0.87 0.134
C20:4n6 (Arachidonic acid) 2.58b 6.00a 6.62a 5.47a 0.495
C20:5n3 (Eicosapentaenoic acid) 0.27b 0.24b 0.17b 0.44a 0.028
C22:4n6 (Adrenic acid) 0.72b 1.64a 1.26ab 0.72b 0.173
C22:6n3 (Docosahexaenoic acid) 0.65 0.92 0.69 1.23 0.144
SFA 35.32ab 34.40b 34.75b 37.63a 0.706
UFA 64.68ab 65.60b 65.25a 62.37b 0.706
MUFA 45.63a 35.74b 38.54b 37.87b 0.973
PUFA 19.04c 29.87a 26.71ab 24.49ac 1.370
MUFA/SFA 1.29a 1.04b 1.11b 1.01b 0.029
PUFA/SFA 0.54c 0.87a 0.77ab 0.65bc 0.050
Means within same row with different superscript letters differ significantly (P<0.05).