FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (6): 190-193.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201206041

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GC-MS Analysis of Muscle Fatty Acid Composition of Oula Sheep Living in Qinghai Province

PI Li1,2,3,HU Feng-zu1,XING Yu-xiu1,2,DENG Li1,2,3,ZHOU Tong-yong1,2,3,HAN Fa1,3,*   

  1. (1. Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China; 2. Graduate University, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China; 3. Key Laboratory of Adaptation and Evolution of Plateau Biota, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xining 810008, China)
  • Online:2012-03-25 Published:2012-03-03

Abstract: The fatty acid composition of longissimus dorsi in Oula sheep living in Qinghai province was analyzed by GC-MS after methyl esterification and compared with that of Tibetan sheep and Small Tail Han sheep. A total of 17 fatty acids were identified in the muscle of Oula sheep, mainly consisting of stearic acid (22.33%), palmitate acid (25 91%), oleic acid (39.32%) and linoenic acid (1.87%). Saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids accounted for 51.62%, 42.41% and 5.34% of the total fatty acids, respectively. Oula sheep showed no remarkable differences in unsaturated fatty acid content when compared with Tibetan sheep, but was higher than mall-tail Han sheep.

Key words: Oula sheep, Tibetan sheep, fatty acid, longissimus dorsi, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)

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