Table 4. Comparison of fatty acid composition (%) between high-marbled (HM) and low-marbled (LM) muscles from 5 low-fat Hanwoo muscles
Fatty acids | SS | TB | SM | GM | SF |
|
HM | LM | | HM | LM | | HM | LM | | HM | LM | | HM | LM | |
C12:0 | 0.06b | 0.10a | ** | 0.06b | 0.11a | * | 0.05b | 0.08a | * | 0.06b | 0.09a | * | 0.07 | 0.09 | ns |
C14:0 | 2.46b | 3.12a | * | 2.23b | 2.83a | * | 2.52b | 2.75a | * | 2.30b | 2.81a | * | 2.65 | 2.83 | ns |
C14:1 | 0.93a | 0.68b | * | 1.00a | 0.68b | * | 0.95 | 1.02 | ns | 0.70 | 0.64 | ns | 0.81 | 0.80 | ns |
C16:0 | 24.86a | 23.94b | * | 23.89 | 24.66 | ns | 26.10 | 25.73 | ns | 25.70 | 25.06 | ns | 25.87 | 25.10 | ns |
C16:1 | 4.79 | 4.52 | ns | 4.69 | 4.40 | ns | 5.04 | 4.68 | ns | 4.41 | 3.80 | ns | 5.20 | 4.89 | ns |
C18:0 | 9.87 | 11.39 | ns | 9.52b | 12.98a | * | 9.41b | 12.84a | *** | 10.03b | 14.52a | * | 9.28b | 11.41a | * |
C18:1 n-9 | 50.43a | 45.73b | *** | 51.33a | 45.26b | *** | 49.89a | 43.49b | *** | 49.90a | 44.02b | *** | 50.27a | 46.29b | ** |
C18:2 n-6 | 3.11 | 3.78 | ns | 3.01b | 3.73a | * | 2.63b | 3.71a | ** | 3.25 | 3.43 | ns | 2.39b | 3.58a | * |
C18:3 n-6 | 0.14 | 0.20 | ns | 0.16b | 0.21a | * | 0.14 | 0.17 | ns | 0.16 | 0.19 | ns | 0.15 | 0.20 | ns |
C18:3 n-3 | 0.12 | 0.11 | ns | 0.09b | 0.10a | * | 0.09b | 0.11a | * | 0.10 | 0.12 | ns | 0.09b | 0.10a | * |
C20:0 | 0.09b | 0.11a | * | 0.09 | 0.12 | ns | 0.08b | 0.11a | ** | 0.08b | 0.14a | ** | 0.08 | 0.10 | ns |
C20:1 n-9 | 0.21 | 0.25 | ns | 0.44a | 0.14b | ** | 0.17 | 0.15 | ns | 0.11b | 0.22a | ** | 0.23 | 0.18 | ns |
C20:2 n-6 | 0.06 | 0.08 | ns | 0.06b | 0.08a | * | 0.05b | 0.09a | * | 0.06 | 0.07 | ns | 0.05b | 0.11a | *** |
C20:3 n-6 | 0.24 | 0.40 | ns | 0.20 | 0.34 | ns | 0.18b | 0.48a | ** | 0.26 | 0.27 | ns | 0.20a | 0.16b | * |
C20:4 n-6 | 0.49b | 1.07a | * | 0.45 | 0.95 | ns | 0.40b | 1.33a | * | 0.68 | 0.68 | ns | 0.36 | 0.32 | ns |
C20:5 n-3 | 0.01 | 0.01 | ns | 0.01 | 0.01 | ns | 0.01 | 0.01 | ns | 0.01 | 0.01 | ns | 0.01 | 0.01 | ns |
C21:0 | 0.41 | 0.42 | ns | 0.50 | 0.46 | ns | 0.40 | 0.41 | ns | 0.38 | 0.45 | ns | 0.36b | 0.44a | ** |
C22:0 | 0.04b | 0.09a | ** | 0.05b | 0.06a | * | 0.04b | 0.13a | *** | 0.04b | 0.07a | * | 0.05b | 0.06a | ** |
C22:6 n-3 | 0.08 | 0.09 | ns | 0.09 | 0.09 | ns | 0.08 | 0.08 | ns | 0.08 | 0.08 | ns | 0.08 | 0.09 | ns |
SFA1 | 37.78 | 39.16 | ns | 36.33b | 41.24a | * | 38.60b | 42.05a | *** | 38.59b | 43.12a | ** | 38.34 | 40.03 | ns |
MUFA | 56.37a | 51.17b | ** | 57.46a | 50.48b | ** | 56.07a | 49.34b | *** | 55.12a | 48.66b | *** | 56.52a | 52.16b | ** |
PUFA | 4.25 | 5.73 | ns | 4.06b | 5.52a | * | 3.57b | 5.97a | ** | 4.59 | 4.83 | ns | 3.32 | 4.56a | * |
MUFA/SFA | 1.50a | 1.31b | * | 1.59a | 1.23b | * | 1.45a | 1.17b | *** | 1.43a | 1.13b | ** | 1.47a | 1.31b | *** |
PUFA/SFA | 0.11 | 0.15 | ns | 0.12 | 0.13 | ns | 0.09b | 0.14a | ** | 0.12 | 0.11 | ns | 0.09 | 0.11 | ns |
n-6/n-3 | 20.99 | 26.92 | ns | 21.37 | 26.08 | ns | 20.04b | 29.24a | * | 25.32 | 22.56 | ns | 17.36 | 22.26 | ns |