Table 3. Effects of dry-aging on fatty acid composition (%) in the boneless bovine gluteus medius and bone-in infraspinatus muscles from KNHS meat

Items Gluteus medius Infraspinatus SEM1) p-value
Un-aged Aged Un-aged Aged
C14:0 2.75a 2.16b 2.35b 2.73a 0.091 0.0169
C14:1 0.69 0.73 0.50 0.95 0.066 0.1007
C16:0 29.21a 25.30b 25.50b 24.24b 0.350 0.0001
C16:1 3.47ab 2.99b 2.59b 4.47a 0.214 0.0201
C18:0 12.34b 11.84b 15.57a 11.43b 0.451 0.0020
C18:1T 0.49 0.28 0.60 0.35 0.150 0.5475
C18:1 42.82c 47.39a 41.50d 46.00b 0.253 <.0001
C18:2 2.04b 2.41ab 3.35a 2.98ab 0.229 0.0522
C18:3 0.10b 0.11b 0.14a 0.12ab 0.005 0.0172
C20:3 0.19 0.28 0.33 0.33 0.034 0.1219
C20:4 0.42 0.73 0.82 0.69 0.086 0.1059
C24:1 0.09b 0.13ab 0.18a 0.13ab 0.014 0.0290
∑SFA1) 45.43a 40.20b 44.77a 39.37b 0.426 <.0001
∑UFA2) 51.01b 55.84a 50.75b 56.88a 0.424 <.0001
∑MUFA3) 48.25b 52.31a 46.11c 52.76a 0.517 0.0001
∑PUFA4) 2.75b 3.53ab 4.63a 4.12ab 0.350 0.0711
UFA/SFA 1.12b 1.39a 1.13b 1.45a 0.022 <.0001
n=12.
Mean values with different letters in row differ significantly (p < 0.05).
KNHS, Korean Native Hanwoo Steer; SFA, saturated fatty acids; UFA, unsaturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids.