Table 3. Fatty acid content for sample groups determined by PI and TBARS

Fatty acid content (mg/100 g tissue)	HH	HL	LH	LL	SEM	p-value
C10:0	28.33^c	29.08^c	33.92^a	30.85^b	0.98	^*
C12:0	29.22^c	31.80^b	34.86^a	33.65^a	1.10	^*
C14:0	154.06	169.91	162.98	167.31	11.57	ns
C16:0	2,156.83	2,208.81	2,222.41	2,202.15	20.29	ns
C16:1	330.25^a	323.46^a	331.62^a	307.52^b	9.86	^*
C17:0	56.67	46.34	56.53	47.67	7.43	ns
C18:0	1,100.55	1,090.32	1,124.87	1,119.77	96.53	ns
C18:1 n-7	358.59	352.54	374.96	352.38	26.61	ns
C18:1 n-9	3,493.79^b	3,572.62^a	3,629.91^a	3,639.72^a	44.48	^*
C18:2 n-3	42.50^c	55.42^b	64.06^a	65.43^a	3.52	^***
C18:3 n-6	751.70^c	846.82^b	976.96^a	979.57^a	35.40	^***
C20:0	31.87^c	34.53^b	39.57^a	37.39^a	1.62	^**
C20:1	79.69^b	89.04^a	90.44^a	90.67^a	5.55	^**
C20:2	43.38^c	49.97^b	55.58^ab	57.95^a	3.17	^***
C20:3	38.96^b	39.98^b	48.99^a	43.93^b	2.23	^*
C20:4	158.49	152.64	175.23	172.92	17.35	ns
SFA	3,556.65	3,611.69	3,674.19	3,636.92	56.91	ns
MUFA	4,262.32^b	4,329.48^a	4,426.93^a	4,391.22^a	67.95	^*
PUFA	1,035.03^b	1,144.84^b	1,320.82^a	1,318.86^a	74.43	^***
n-6/n-3	17.69	15.28	15.25	14.97	2.03	ns
Total	8,854.00^b	9,086.00^b	9,421.00^a	9,347.00^a	104.41	^*

Different small letters within different sample groups were significantly different (p<0.05).
p<0.05;
p<0.01;
p<0.001.
PI, proteolytic index; TBARS, 2-thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; HH, PI and TBARS of high levels; HL, PI of high level and TBARS of low level; LH, PI of low level and TBARS of high level; LL, PI and TBARS of low levels; ns, no significance; SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid.