Fatty acid profile of meat (Longissimus lumborum) from female roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) and red deer (Cervus elaphus L.)

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Table 1. Percentage of saturated fatty acids in total fatty acids in intramuscular fat in the Longissimus lumborum muscle of female roe deer and red deer (arithmetic means ± SD).

Fatty acid	Species
	roe deer	red deer
C 14:0	1.56 ^A$\pm$0.39	6.02 ^B$\pm$1.48
C 15:0	0.35 ^A$\pm$0.10	0.79 ^B$\pm$0.16
C 16:0	24.13 ^A$\pm$1.33	32.90 ^B$\pm$3.23
C 17:0	1.26 ^A$\pm$0.22	1.03 ^B$\pm$0.17
C 18:0	22.05 ^A$\pm$1.16	17.36 ^B$\pm$4.16
C 20:0	0.18 ^a$\pm$0.04	0.25 ^b$\pm$0.12
SFAs	49.53 ^A$\pm$2.22	58.34 ^B$\pm$4.63

SFAs - saturated fatty acids.

SFAs = C 14:0 + C 15:0 + C 16:0 + C 17:0 + C 18:0 + C 20:0.

^aValues within a row with different superscript uppercase letters are significantly different at P $\le$ 0.01.

^bValues within a row with different superscript lowercase letters are significantly different at P $\le$ 0.05.

Table 2. Percentage of unsaturated fatty acids in total fatty acids in intramuscular fat in the Longissimus lumborum muscle of female roe deer and red deer (arithmetic means ± SD).

Fatty acid	Species
	roe deer	red deer
C 14:1	0.15 ^A$\pm$0.13	1.86 ^B$\pm$0.69
C 16:1	2.39 ^A$\pm$0.46	9.23 ^B$\pm$2.66
C 17:1	0.37$\pm$0.10	0.39$\pm$0.12
C 18:1	34.58 ^A$\pm$3.94	20.13 ^B$\pm$2.56
C 18:2	8.27$\pm$1.85	7.01$\pm$1.79
C 18:3	1.89$\pm$0.57	1.49$\pm$0.62
C 20:1	0.34$\pm$0.11	0.34$\pm$0.18
C 20:4	2.48 ^A$\pm$0.57	1.19 ^B$\pm$0.48
MUFAs	37.83 ^A$\pm$3.76	31.96 ^B$\pm$4.43
PUFAs	12.63 ^A$\pm$2.85	9.70 ^B$\pm$2.59
UFAs	50.47 ^A$\pm$2.22	41.65 ^B$\pm$4.63

MUFAs - monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFAs - polyunsaturated fatty acids, UFAs -. unsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs + PUFAs).

MUFAs = C 14:1 + C 16:1 + C 17:1 + C 18:1 + C 20:1.

PUFAs = C 18:2 + C 18:3 + C 20:4.

^aValues within a row with different superscript uppercase letters are significantly different at P $\le$0.01.

Table 3. Indicators of the nutritional value and health benefits of fat determined based on an analysis of the fatty acid profile of intramuscular fat in the Longissimus lumborum muscle of female roe deer and red deer (arithmetic means ± SD).

Item	Species
	roe deer	red deer
UFA/SFA ratio	1.02 ^A$\pm$0.09	0.72 ^B$\pm$0.14
MUFA/SFA ratio	0.77 ^A$\pm$0.10	0.56 ^B$\pm$0.12
PUFA/SFA ratio	0.26 ^A$\pm$0.06	0.17 ^B$\pm$0.05
DFAs	72.52 ^A$\pm$1.66	59.01 ^B$\pm$4.17
OFAs (SFAs – C18:0)	27.48 ^A$\pm$1.66	40.99 ^B$\pm$4.17
DFA/OFA ratio	2.65 ^A$\pm$0.22	1.47 ^B$\pm$0.28
EFAs	10.16 ^a$\pm$2.34	8.50 ^b$\pm$2.35
Nutritional value*	23.49 ^A$\pm$1.12	17.98 ^B$\pm$4.20

UFAs - unsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs + PUFAs), SFAs - saturated fatty acids, MUFAs - monounsaturated fatty acids, PUFAs - polyunsaturated fatty acids, DFAs - hypocholesterolemic fatty acids (UFAs + C18:0), OFAs - hypercholesterolemic fatty acids (SFAs – C18:0), EFAs - essential fatty acids (C18:2 + C18:3), * (C18:0 + C18:1)/C16:0).

^aValues within a row with different superscript uppercase letters are significantly different at P $\le$0.01.

^bValues within a row with different superscript lowercase letters are significantly different at P $\le$ 0.05.