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.