Table 3. Fatty acid profiles (relative percentage) of goat longissimus dorsi muscle by breed

Items Breed
Crossbred goat Korean native black goat
C14:0 (myristic acid) 4.92±1.85a 3.53±0.53b
C16:0 (palmitic acid) 27.24±2.13 29.64±2.99
C16:1n7 (palmitoleic acid) 1.83±0.50 2.02±0.82
C18:0 (stearic acid) 17.42±3.86 17.51±3.06
C18:1n9 (oleic acid) 45.54±2.98 43.35±2.42
C18:1n7 (cis-vaccenic acid) 0.08±0.02 0.09±0.02
C18:2n6 (linoleic acid) 2.56±0.38 3.12±1.03
C18:3n3 (linolenic acid) 0.11±0.04b 0.22±0.06a
C20:1n9 (eicosenoic acid) 0.08±0.03b 0.11±0.02a
C20:4n6 (arachidonic acid) 0.17±0.03b 0.38±0.27a
C22:4n6 (adrenic acid) 0.04±0.01 0.04±0.01
Saturated fatty acids (SFA) 49.58±2.82 50.68±2.39
Unsaturated fatty acids (UFA) 50.42±2.82 49.32±2.39
Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) 47.54±3.04 45.56±2.28
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) 2.88±0.38b 3.76±1.32a
UFA/SFA 1.02±0.11 0.98±0.09
MUFA/SFA 0.96±0.11 0.90±0.08
PUFA/SFA 0.06±0.01 0.07±0.03
n6 2.77±0.36b 3.54±1.28a
n3 0.11±0.04b 0.22±0.06a
n6/n3 28.24±8.21 15.81±4.10
Means within a row bearing different superscripts are significantly different (p<0.05).