Title of article
Cholesterol levels and fatty acid profiles of beef from three cattle breeds raised on natural pasture
Author/Authors
Muchenje، نويسنده , , V. and Hugo، نويسنده , , A. and Dzama، نويسنده , , K. and Chimonyo، نويسنده , , M. and Strydom، نويسنده , , P.E. and Raats، نويسنده , , J.G.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2009
Pages
5
From page
354
To page
358
Abstract
A study was conducted to compare cholesterol and fatty acid levels of beef from three cattle breeds raised on natural pasture. Thirty-four, twenty-nine and fourteen steers each of Nguni, Bonsmara and Angus, respectively, were slaughtered at 18 months. There were no (P > 0.05) breed differences for the cholesterol and intramuscular fat (IMF) levels. The fatty acid profiles were similar (P > 0.05) among the three breeds except that beef from Nguni steers had higher (P < 0.05) docosahexaenoic acid content than beef from the other two breeds while beef from Bonsmara steers had the highest (P < 0.05) heptadacenoic acid content. It can be concluded that there were no breed differences on cholesterol and most fatty acids.
Keywords
Saturated fatty acids , Food analysis , Nguni cattle , beef , Angus cattle , Indigenous cattle in South Africa , Bonsmara cattle , biodiversity , intramuscular fat , Natural beef , Polyunsaturated fatty acids , Conjugated linoleic acid , Food Composition
Journal title
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
Serial Year
2009
Journal title
Journal of Food Composition and Analysis
Record number
2168561
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