Table 2 FA composition of Total Lipids (TLs) extracted from pheasant, hare, red deer, roe deer and wild boar in a raw (R) and a processed (P) state; values are given in weight% with means ± SEM

N

5

5

6

6

6

5

6

6

5

6

C 14:0

1.05 ± 0.03

0.51 ± 0.06

1.72 ± 0.15

1.38 ± 0.2

7.40 ± 0.54

2.88 ± 0.21

1.24 ± 0.07

1.00 ± 0.21

1.72 ± 0.10

1.31 ± 0.04

C 15:0

0.59 ± 0.05

0.25 ± 0.03

0.52 ± 0.03

0.44 ± 0.02

1.02 ± 0.03

0.48 ± 0.03

0.98 ± 0.02

1.05 ± 0.13

0.35 ± 0.03

0.32 ± 0.03

C 16:0

26.19 ± 0.79

13.89 ± 1.30

9.19 ± 2.04

15.62 ± 1.40

6.09 ± 0.41

20.06 ± 1.35

17.28 ± 0.67

14.78 ± 1.53

4.13 ± 0.28

24.06 ± 0.26

C 17:0

0.60 ± 0.04

0.28 ± 0.03

0.71 ± 0.06

0.54 ± 0.02

0.80 ± 0.05

0.52 ± 0.04

1.34 ± 0.08

0.94 ± 0.13

0.40 ± 0.05

0.56 ± 0.02

C 18:0

12.63 ± 0.40

6.21 ± 0.58

5.19 ± 1.75

7.66 ± 0.32

3.35 ± 0.26

8.02 ± 0.62

20.70 ± 1.79

15.89 ± 2.74

2.59 ± 0.07

12.82 ± 0.13

C 16:1n-7

5.51 ± 0.42

2.04 ± 0.22

18.02 ± 3.36

1.65 ± 0.22

41.76 ± 2.16

4.83 ± 0.30

1.75 ± 0.14

0.98 ± 0.07

35.00 ± 1.63

3.19 ± 0.09

C 18:1n-9

26.01 ± 1.13

47.82 ± 4.66

9.86 ± 0.69

44.35 ± 2.40

11.90 ± 0.58

37.07 ± 1.89

11.30 ± 0.76

38.45 ± 2.23

14.08 ± 0.76

35.03 ± 1.16

C 18:2n-6

16.13 ± 0.80

19.09 ± 1.92

30.88 ± 0.20

16.14 ± 0.66

14.95 ± 0.82

16.43 ± 0.50

21.78 ± 1.49

15.14 ± 1.41

31.64 ± 2.02

17.79 ± 0.91

C 18:3n-3

1.90 ± 0.07

5.13 ± 0.49

4.29 ± 0.25

4.23 ± 0.63

4.49 ± 0.23

5.85 ± 0.26

4.47 ± 0.21

3.20 ± 0.15

1.40 ± 0.05

0.96 ± 0.03

C 20:4n-6

1.53 ± 0.22

2.11 ± 0.18

10.98 ± 2.01

4.14 ± 0.50

3.87 ± 0.32

1.71 ± 0.15

7.47 ± 2.03

4.39 ± 0.71

6.10 ± 0.32

2.62 ± 0.39

C 20:5n-3

5.89 ± 0.79

0.44 ± 0.09

4.53 ± 2.31

0.90 ± 0.11

1.88 ± 0.14

0.77 ± 0.07

7.12 ± 2.00

1.59 ± 0.26

0.72 ± 0.05

0.36 ± 0.03

C 22:5n-3

0.91 ± 0.18

0.81 ± 0.09

2.77 ± 0.47

2.15 ± 0.21

0.56 ± 0.04

1.06 ± 0.08

3.07 ± 0.76

1.88 ± 0.25

0.64 ± 0.06

0.67 ± 0.06

C 22:6n-3

1.07 ± 0.23

1.46 ± 0.15

1.39 ± 0.35

0.78 ± 0.04

2.14 ± 0.13

0.32 ± 0.03

1.50 ± 0.23

0.70 ± 0.09

1.39 ± 0.010

0.33 ± 0.03

∑ SFA

41.05 ± 0.87

21.13 ± 1.96

17.33 ± 3.79

25.64 ± 1.60

18.65 ± 0.25

31.96 ± 2.14

41.54 ± 2.62

33.67 ± 4.50

9.19 ± 0.37

39.06 ± 0.33

∑ MUFA

31.53 ± 1.55

49.86 ± 4.60

27.88 ± 3.63

46.00 ± 2.23

53.65 ± 1.87

41.90 ± 1.69

13.05 ± 0.64

39.42 ± 2.26

49.08 ± 2.35

38.22 ± 1.17

∑ PUFA**

27.42 ± 1.84

29.04 ± 2.88

54.84 ± 0.53

28.35 ± 1.30

27.90 ± 1.62

26.13 ± 0.77

45.42 ± 3.14

26.91 ± 2.83

41.87 ± 2.25

22.72 ± 1.39

∑ N6

17.66 ± 0.94

21.20 ± 2.09

41.86 ± 1.96

20.28 ± 1.11

18.82 ± 1.11

18.14 ± 0.52

29.25 ± 2.32

19.53 ± 2.11

37.73 ± 2.15

20.40 ± 1.26

∑ N3**

9.76 ± 0.91

7.84 ± 0.79

12.97 ± 1.70

8.08 ± 0.47

9.08 ± 0.52

7.99 ± 0.26

16.16 ± 1.66

7.37 ± 0.72

4.14 ± 0.22

2.32 ± 0.14

n-6/n-3° PUFA

2.70

2.50

2.27

2.65

8. 79

PUFA/SAT

1.37

1.1

0.82

0.8

0.6