Table 3. The fatty acid content in different parts of Chaka sheep

Items (%)	LD	PM	BF	p-value
∑SFA	44.83±2.272b	49.19±1.003a	48.97±0.336a	0.021
C4:0	0.03±0.008	ND	0.02±0.004	-
C6:0	0.01±0.002	0.01±0.002	0.02±0.001	0.560
C8:0	0.01±0.008	0.01±0.004	0.01±0.000	0.847
C10:0	0.15±0.006	0.17±0.012	0.16±0.055	0.767
C11:0	ND	0.003±0.000	0.003±0.000	-
C12:0	0.06±0.001	0.09±0.006	0.08±0.017	0.066
C13:0	0.01±0.001	0.01±0.002	0.02±0.002	0.437
C14:0	2.07±0.112	2.37±0.052	2.42±0.363	0.198
C15:0	0.28±0.006c	0.44±0.045a	0.36±0.046b	0.005
C16:0	21.49±0.855	27.14±1.521	29.40±4.087	0.471
C17:0	1.04±0.044b	1.45±0.097a	1.29±0.209a	0.025
C18:0	20.21±2.357	16.82±1.009	13.72±0.566	0.125
C20:0	0.06±0.003b	0.12±0.016a	0.04±0.018c	0.011
C21:0	0.25±0.017	0.34±0.079	0.28±0.050	0.184
C22:0	0.11±0.021	0.12±0.019	0.09±0.028	0.386
C23:0	0.05±0.006	0.06±0.010	0.05±0.018	0.317
C24:0	0.02±0.006	0.03±0.006	0.02±0.008	0.456
∑MUFA	1.29±0.094	1.41±0.037	1.50±0.070	0.107
C14:1	0.11±0.003c	0.17±0.007a	0.13±0.026b	0.016
C15:1	0.16±0.007c	0.22±0.003a	0.17±0.024b	0.005
C16:1	1.23±0.207	1.26±0.134	1.56±0.303	0.278
C17:1	0.48±0.057	0.58±0.043	0.63±0.093	0.095
C18:1n9t	ND	ND	ND	-
C18:1n9c	42.41±3.328	40.08±1.079	44.70±1.840	0.120
C22:1n9	0.02±0.003	0.02±0.003	0.01±0.005	0.969
C20:1	0.11±0.001a	0.15±0.022a	0.08±0.003b	0.036
C24:1	0.14±0.021a	0.10±0.012b	0.15±0.007a	0.012
∑PUFA	0.17±0.022	0.27±0.035	0.22±0.040	0.067
C18:2n6t	ND	ND	ND	-
C18:2n6c	3.32±0.439b	5.03±0.770a	3.90±0.629b	0.040
C18:3n6	0.54±0.015	0.83±0.048	0.76±0.015	0.064
C18:3n3	0.15±0.018	0.16±0.019	0.15±0.041	0.840
C20:2	ND	ND	ND	-
C20:3n3	0.26±0.020	0.24±0.055	0.27±0.047	0.710
C20:3n6	0.87±0.037	1.10±0.154	0.92±0.068	0.063
C20:4n6	0.08±0.002	0.10±0.009	0.07±0.001	0.060
C20:5n3	0.65±0.010	0.66±0.086	0.70±0.014	0.865
C22:2	0.02±0.002	0.02±0.008	0.02±0.005	0.207
C22:6n3	0.11±0.036	0.10±0.001	0.09±0.002	0.465
∑UFA	50.71±2.990	50.82±1.004	54.32±0.985	0.099
SFA/UFA	0.97±0.103	1.00±0.039	0.83±0.011	0.057
PUFA/SFA	0.12±0.006	0.17±0.024	0.15±0.024	0.080
ω-3 PUFA	1.17±0.153	1.16±0.148	1.21±0.213	0.938
ω-6 PUFA	4.81±0.553c	7.06±0.955a	5.65±0.849b	0.037
ω-6/ω-3 PUFA	4.18±0.769c	6.07±0.170a	4.69±0.194b	0.006

∑SFA=C4:0+C6:0+C8:0+C10:0+C11:0+C12:0+C13:0+C14:0+C15:0+C16:0+C17:0+C18:0+C20:0+C21:0+C22:0+C23:0+C24:0.
∑MUFA=C14:1+C15:1+C16:1+C17:1+C18:1n9t+C18:1n9c+C22:1n9+C20:1+C24:1.
∑PUFA=C18:2n6t+C18:2n6c+C18:3n6+C18:3n3+C20:2+C20:3n3+C20:3n6+C20:4n6+C20:5n3+C22:2+C22:6n3.
∑UFA=∑MUFA+∑PUFA.
ω-3 PUFA=C18:3n3+C20:3n3+C20:5n3+C22:6n3.
ω-6 PUFA=C18:2n6t+C18:2n6c+C18:3n6+C20:3n6+C20:4n6.
Means within a row with different subscripts differ when p-value<0.05.
LD, longissimus dorsi; PM, psoas major; BF, biceps femoris; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; UFA, unsaturated fatty acids; ND, not detected.