Table 5.
Comparison of fatty acid composition of chicken thigh meat from Korean native chickens and broiler

Broiler Korean native chicken SEM
HH3 WRMD1 WRMD2
C14:0 (Myristic acid) 1.07a 0.92b 0.79c 1.02a 0.017
C16:0 (Palmitic acid) 24.44a 22.36c 21.72c 23.46b 0.222
C16:1n7 (Palmitoleic acid) 6.00a 4.84b 4.55b 5.41ab 0.265
C18:0 (Stearic acid) 7.50b 7.64b 7.15b 8.79a 0.172
C18:1n9 (Oleic acid) 41.22a 35.13c 36.63b 35.41bc 0.316
C18:1n7 (Vaccenic acid) 2.79a 2.59ab 2.68ab 2.42b 0.052
C18:2n6 (Linoleic acid) 14.06c 21.01a 21.54a 18.39b 0.348
C18:3n6 (γ-Linolenic acid) 0.13c 0.14ab 0.18a 0.14b 0.010
C18:3n3 (α-Linolenic acid) 0.72d 1.14a 0.83c 0.94b 0.018
C20:1n9 (Eicosenoic acid) 0.46 0.43 0.45 0.44 0.011
C20:4n6 (Arachidonic acid) 1.07b 2.70a 2.40a 2.47a 0.116
C20:5n3 (Eicosapentaenoic acid) 0.11b 0.09b 0.11b 0.16a 0.008
C22:4n6 (Adrenic acid) 0.25c 0.72a 0.75a 0.46b 0.035
C22:6n3 (Docosahexaenoic acid) 0.19c 0.28b 0.22bc 0.49a 0.019
SFA 33.00a 30.92b 29.66c 33.27a 0.305
UFA 67.00c 69.08b 70.34a 66.73c 0.305
MUFA 50.47a 42.98b 44.31b 43.67b 0.502
PUFA 16.53c 26.10a 26.02a 23.05b 0.495
MUFA/SFA 1.53a 1.39b 1.49a 1.31b 0.024
PUFA/SFA 0.50c 0.84a 0.88a 0.68b 0.019
Means within same row with different superscript letters differ significantly (P<;0.05).