Table 5. Fatty acid content of LL muscle subjected to different genders

Fatty acid	Bull	Steer	Cow	SEM	F-value
C8:0	0.01^b	0.02^a	0.013^ab	0.002	7.2^*
C10:0	0.08	0.13	0.11	0.02	2
C12:0	0.17	0.24	0.15	0.03	1.8
C14:0	4.41	5.36	5.4	0.39	1.4
C16:0	19.2	18.4	19.63	0.52	0.98
C16:1	5.91^b	9.75^a	10.86^a	0.68	9.6^**
C18:0	19.05^a	14.99^a	16.63^b	0.77	5.1^*
C18:1	37.9	42.8	38.95	1.81	1.4
C18:2	11.58^a	7.31^b	7.07^b	0.67	9.6^**
C18:3	0.33^b	0.27^c	0.27^c	0.02	7.9^**
C20:0	0.29	0.27	0.24	0.03	0.7
C20:0	0.49	0.29	0.3	0.06	2.4
C22:1	0.07		0.03
C22:4	0.52^a	0.16^b	0.38^ab	0.06	5.5^*
SFA	44.24	39.88	42.88	1.39	1.8
MUFA	43.84^b	52.53^a	49.81^a	1.45	6.3^**
PUPA	11.91^a	7.578^b	7.34^b	0.68	9.8^**

Indicate significantly different within row with different superscripts.
p < 0.05,
p < 0.01,
p < 0.001.
LL, longissimus lumborum; SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.