Table 4 Fatty acid composition of standard and sow pork
| Fatty acid | Treatment (%) | t-values |
| Standard pork | Sow pork |
| Myristic (C14:0) | 1.49±0.16 | 1.59±0.11 | 0.71NS |
| Palmitic (C16:0) | 24.01±0.68 | 23.86±0.36 | –0.28NS |
| Palmitoleic (C16:1n7) | 2.86±0.26 | 3.23±0.28 | 1.35NS |
| Stearic (C18:0) | 12.67±1.08 | 12.42±1.88 | –0.16NS |
| Oleic (C18:1n9) | 45.54±1.86 | 45.57±1.42 | 0.02NS |
| Linoleic (C18:2n6) | 11.68±1.45 | 11.06±0.95 | –0.51NS |
| G-Linoleic (C18:3n6) | 0.07±0.02 | 0.06±0.01 | –0.40NS |
| Linolenic (C18:3n3) | 0.48±0.06 | 0.4±0.09 | –1.10NS |
| Eicosenoic (C20:1n9) | 0.82±0.09 | 0.99±0.07 | 2.12NS |
| Arachidonic (C20:4n6) | 0.38±0.05 | 0.84±0.16 | 3.89* |
| SFA1) | 38.17±1.70 | 37.86±2.13 | –0.16NS |
| USFA2) | 61.82±1.86 | 62.14±2.33 | –1.58NS |
| MUFA3) | 49.21±1.94 | 49.79±1.69 | 0.32NS |
| PUFA4) | 12.23±1.53 | 11.52±1.01 | –0.55NS |
| MUFA/SFA | 1.29±0.10 | 1.32±0.12 | 0.26NS |
| PUFA/SFA | 0.32±0.04 | 0.31±0.04 | –0.35NS |
NS Not significant (p>0.05)
* p<0.05.
SFA, saturated fatty acid; USFA, unsaturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.