Table 4. Fatty acid composition of Hanwoo and Vietnamese yellow cattle longissimus lumborum muscles

Items Hanwoo VYC
C14:0 (Myristic acid) 2.61±0.85 2.48±0.56
C16:0 (Palmitic acid) 28.57±1.94 26.83±2.22
C16:1n7 (Palmitoleic acid) 3.05±0.75 3.13±0.50
C18:0 (Stearic acid) 12.08±1.91 12.82±2.05
C18:1n9 (Oleic acid) 51.23±3.13a 46.14±1.80b
C18:1n7 (Cis-Vaccenic acid) 0.28±0.12a 0.19±0.09b
C18:2n6 (Linoleic acid) 1.80±0.27b 5.01±2.34a
C18:3n6 (Gamma Linoleic acid) 0.01±0.00 0.01±0.01
C18:3n3 (Linolenic acid) 0.03±0.01b 0.10±0.03a
C20:1n9 (Eicosenoic acid) 0.14±0.09 0.18±0.10
C20:4n6 (Arachidonic acid) 0.16±0.08b 1.00±0.93a
C20:5n3 (Eicosapentaenoic acid) ND 0.02±0.02
C22:4n6 (Adrenic acid) 0.04±0.02 0.09±0.06
C22:6n3 (Docosahexaenoic acid) ND 0.01±0.00
SFA 43.26±2.35 42.12±3.34
UFA 56.74±2.35 55.88±3.34
MUFA 54.70±2.55a 49.65±2.23b
PUFA 2.04±0.30b 6.23±3.36a
n3 0.03±0.01 0.12±0.05
n6 2.01±0.29b 6.11±3.31a
n6/n3 64.37±16.17a 53.08±15.95b
MUFA/SFA 1.29±0.13 1.17±0.12
PUFA/SFA 0.05±0.01b 0.15±0.09a
Means within a row with different superscripts are different at p<0.05.
VYC, Vietnamese yellow cattle; SFA, saturated fatty acid; UFA, unsaturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; ND, not detectable.