Table 3. Comparison of fatty acids in black goat meat according to sex

Items (%) Non-castration Castration Female SEM
Unknown (RT 5.258) 0.020a 0.016a 0.011b 0.00
Unknown (RT 5.809) 0.093a 0.066ab 0.048b 0.01
Unknown (RT 5.874) 0.003b 0.003b 0.011a 0.00
Unknown (RT 5.936) 0.101 0.081 0.056 0.01
10:0 0.13 0.12 0.11 0.01
Unknown (RT 8.593) 0.026 0.020 0.016 0.00
12:0 0.08 0.08 0.09 0.01
14:0 1.74 1.80 2.07 0.16
16:0 21.55b 21.63b 25.69a 0.44
16:1 1.77 2.07 1.84 0.13
18:0 15.26 13.85 15.51 0.58
18:1 43.85 47.82 47.22 1.38
18:2 6.48 5.43 3.15 0.49
18:3 0.44a 0.45a 0.39b 0.03
20:2 0.07a 0.05b 0.03b 0.01
20:3 0.33a 0.23ab 0.14b 0.04
20:4 4.45a 3.49a 1.64b 0.45
20:5 0.17 0.13 0.21 0.02
22:6 0.07 0.05 0.05 0.01
24:1 0.50a 0.40a 0.16b 0.05
SFA 38.76b 37.48b 43.46a 0.86
UFA 58.13a 60.11a 54.82b 0.84
MUFA 46.12 50.29 49.21 1.40
PUFA 12.01a 9.82a 5.61b 0.98
n-6/n-3 10.76a 10.62a 6.12b 0.58
Different letters within the same column differ significantly (p<0.05).
RT, retention time; SFA, saturated fatty acid; UFA, unsaturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.