Table 5. Fatty acid profile of the adipose tissue of experimental rats fed CON, ABF, and HBF for four and eight weeks

Fatty acids Diets SEM Effects
Four weeks (%) Eight weeks (%) Fat (F) Period (P) F × P
CON ABF HBF CON ABF HBF
C12:0 lauric acid 8.43a 0.17b 0.14b 9.45a 0.12b 0.13b 0.565 < 0.0001 0.347 0.347
C14:0 myristic acid 7.08a 2.29b 2.34b 7.82a 2.24b 2.35b 0.331 < 0.0001 0.244 0.199
C14:1 myristoleic acid 0.59a 0.51b 0.51b 0.65a 0.49b 0.53b 0.01 < 0.0001 0.280 0.124
C16:0 palmitic acid 26.94a 25.17b 25.94b 26.64a 25.44b 24.74c 0.259 0.027 0.410 0.479
C16:1 palmitoleic acid 9.34 9.42 9.89 10.82 9.53 10.23 0.17 0.237 0.050 0.189
C18:0 stearic acid 3.14 3.19 3.23 2.09 3.03 2.65 0.151 0.391 0.048 0.467
C18:1 n-9 oleic acid 28.8c 41.44b 42.83b 29.26c 44.00a 45.54a 0.942 < 0.0001 0.002 0.226
C18:2 n-6 linoleic acid 6.61 7.99 5.87 4.56 4.49 4.31 0.257 0.067 < 0.0001 0.122
C20:0 arachidic acid 0.04 0.05 0.03 0.02 0.05 0.03 0.002 0.053 0.043 0.025
C18:3 n-3 linolenic acid 0.04b 0.09a 0.09a 0.01b 0.04a 0.04a 0.009 0.043 0.212 0.343
C20:1 eicosanoic acid 0.4 0.76 0.51 0.29 0.52 0.40 0.023 0.212 < 0.0001 0.106
C20:3 dihomo-g-linolenic acid 0.05 0.03 0.06 0.08 0.04 0.04 0.005 0.609 0.320 0.154
Total SFA 45.63 30.87 31.68 46.02 30.88 29.90 0.044 0.560 0.094 0.462
Total MUFA 39.13 52.13 53.74 41.02 54.54 56.70 0.001 0.386 0.299 0.470
Total PUFA 6.76 8.06 5.97 4.65 4.57 4.39 0.005 0.237 0.498 0.683
Total 91.52 91.06 91.39 91.69 89.99 90.99 0.004 0.226 0.142 0.650
Mean values not having a common letter in the same row are significantly different.
CON, control; ABF, Angus beef fat; HBF, Hanwoo beef fat; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.