Table 5. Fatty acids profile of goat meat fermented sausage (final products)

Items (%) Control P1 P2 P3 F1 F2 F3 SEM
Capric 10:0 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.00
Lauric 12:0 0.16a 0.13b 0.13b 0.14b 0.14b 0.12b 0.14b 0.01
Myristic 14:0 1.89a 1.76b 1.75b 1.75b 1.81a 1.74b 1.75b 0.02
Palmitic 16:0 26.53b 25.93c 27.26a 27.40a 26.58b 25.88c 27.61a 0.26
Palmitolic 16:1 2.45a 2.41a 2.35b 2.28c 2.40a 2.41a 2.26c 0.03
Stearic 18:0 14.41b 14.01b 15.01a 15.36a 14.60b 13.90c 15.37a 0.23
Oleic 18:1 48.59b 49.46a 47.46c 47.11c 48.41b 49.50a 47.13c 0.39
Linoleic 18:2 0.25a 0.25a 0.22b 0.21b 0.23b 0.26a 0.19c 0.01
Linolenic 18:3 1.13b 1.23a 1.18ab 1.16ab 1.18ab 1.28a 1.13b 0.02
Eicosadienoic 20:2 0.58a 0.55b 0.58a 0.59a 0.56b 0.56b 0.60a 0.01
Eicosatrienoic 20:3 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.00
Arachidonic 20:4 0.97a 0.98a 0.97a 1.00a 1.01a 0.97a 0.95b 0.01
Eicosapentaenoic 20:5 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.01
Docosahexaenoic 22:6 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.00
Nervonic 24:1 0.22b 0.26a 0.28a 0.27a 0.26a 0.28a 0.27a 0.01
SFA 43.06ab 41.90b 44.22a 44.71a 43.20ab 41.70b 44.95a 0.49
UFA 54.31a 55.24a 53.13bc 52.71c 54.13a 55.34a 52.63c 0.43
MUFA 51.27a 52.13a 50.09b 49.67b 51.07a 52.18a 49.66b 0.41
PUFA 3.05b 3.11a 3.04b 3.04b 3.07b 3.16a 2.96c 0.02
UFA/SFA 1.26b 1.32a 1.20c 1.18c 1.25b 1.33a 1.17c 0.02
n-6/n-3 1.43a 1.35b 1.40a 1.44a 1.43a 1.32b 1.42a 0.02
n-6 1.80a 1.78a 1.77ab 1.79a 1.80a 1.79a 1.74b 0.01
n-3 1.25b 1.32a 1.27b 1.25b 1.26b 1.36a 1.23c 0.02
AI 0.63b 0.60c 0.65a 0.66a 0.63b 0.60c 0.66a 0.01
TI 1.37ab 1.32b 1.45a 1.48a 1.39ab 1.30b 1.49a 0.03
PUFA/SFA 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.08 0.07 0.00
HH 1.80b 1.88a 1.72c 1.70c 1.79b 1.89a 1.68c 0.03
Different letters within the same row differ significantly (p<0.05).
SFA, saturated fatty acid; UFA, unsaturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; AI, atherogenicity index; TI, thrombogenicity index; HH, hypocholesterolemic/hypercholesterolemic.