Table 5. Free fatty acid composition of fried Korean native chicken thigh meat with rosemary and clove essential oils

Free fatty acid (%) Control 0.005RB 0.01RB 0.005CB 0.01CB SEM
C14:0 (myristic acid) 0.92 1.03 0.69 0.58 0.66 0.104
C16:0 (palmitic acid) 22.28ab 23.92a 21.48abc 18.37bc 19.87c 0.689
C16:1n7 (palmitoleic acid) 4.53ab 5.41a 4.92ab 2.91c 3.66cb 0.282
C18:0 (stearic acid) 4.58b 4.83b 5.48ab 6.04a 5.53ab 0.248
C18:1n9 (oleic acid) 37.10ab 35.49b 37.16ab 40.14a 37.88ab 0.779
C18:1n7 (vaccenic acid) 3.82 4.44 4.00 3.27 3.05 0.425
C18:2n6 (linoleic acid) 22.84 21.14 22.03 23.84 24.75 0.977
C18:3n6 (γ-linolenic acid) 0.55a 0.48ab 0.26abc 0.15c 0.21bc 0.066
C18:3n3 (α-linolenic acid) 2.13ab 1.82a 2.15ab 2.29a 2.42a 0.085
C20:1n9 (eicosenoic acid) 0.28b 0.25b 0.34ab 0.49a 0.43ab 0.039
C20:4n6 (arachidonic acid) 0.74b 0.93ab 1.14ab 1.32a 1.18a 0.092
C20:5n3 (eicosapentaenoic acid) 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.08 0.02 0.023
C22:4n6 (adrenic acid) 0.15b 0.18b 0.25ab 0.37a 0.28ab 0.030
C22:6n3 (docosahexaenoic acid) 0.06b 0.06b 0.08b 0.17a 0.07b 0.010
SFA 27.78ab 29.78a 27.65ab 24.98b 26.05b 0.700
UFA 72.22ab 70.22b 72.35ab 75.02a 73.95a 0.700
MUFA 45.73 45.59 46.42 46.80 45.02 0.701
PUFA 26.49 24.63 25.93 28.21 28.93 1.044
MUFA/SFA 1.65b 1.53b 1.68ab 1.87a 1.73ab 0.047
PUFA/SFA 0.95ab 0.83b 0.95ab 1.13a 1.11a 0.057
Means within the same row with different letters are significantly different (P<0.05).