Table 3. Relative percentage of fatty acids of beef longissimus lumborum muscle by cattle breeds

Items Cattle breed
Chikso BHW JBC Hanwoo
C14:0 3.32±0.74b 3.10±0.41b 2.32±0.42c 3.81±0.62a
C16:0 28.31±1.83bc 29.45±2.49ab 26.94±1.47c 29.93±1.46a
C16:1n7 3.87±1.28b 5.31±0.97a 3.65±0.88b 4.25±0.71b
C18:0 12.16±2.13 11.37±1.87 11.74±1.35 11.00±1.15
C18:1n9 48.91±2.41ab 47.36±3.04b 50.41±2.97a 48.86±2.29ab
C18:1n7 0.42±0.15 0.47±0.13 0.40±0.16 0.35±0.12
C18:2n6 2.39±0.91ab 2.18±0.24ab 3.15±2.85a 1.49±0.30b
C18:3n6 0.05±0.04c 0.12±0.04a 0.09±0.03b 0.01±0.01d
C18:3n3 0.09±0.04b 0.16±0.02a 0.16±0.08a 0.04±0.02c
C20:1n9 0.16±0.06b 0.32±0.15a 0.34±0.11a 0.18±0.08b
C20:4n6 0.27±0.28b 0.11±0.04b 0.71±1.60a 0.06±0.02b
C22:4n6 0.05±0.02 0.04±0.02 0.08±0.09 0.03±0.01
SFA 43.80±2.34a 43.92±3.24a 41.00±2.77b 44.74±1.98a
UFA 56.20±2.34b 56.08±3.24b 59.00±2.77a 55.26±1.98b
MUFA 53.37±2.53 53.46±3.27 54.80±3.58 53.64±2.04
PUFA 2.84±1.20ab 2.62±0.29ab 4.21±4.63a 1.62±0.31b
n3 0.09±0.04b 0.16±0.02a 0.17±0.12a 0.04±0.02b
n6 2.75±1.19ab 2.45±0.28ab 4.03±4.52a 1.58±0.30b
n6/n3 32.75±12.21ab 14.95±1.01b 29.00±30.36b 48.10±23.84a
MUFA/SFA 1.22±0.12b 1.23±0.17b 1.34±0.13a 1.20±0.10b
PUFA/SFA 0.07±0.03ab 0.06±0.01ab 0.11±0.13a 0.04±0.01b
Means in a same row with different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).
BHW, black Hanwoo; JBC, Jeju black cattle; SFA, saturated fatty acid; UFA, unsaturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.