Department of Agro-Environmental and Territorial Sciences, University of Bari 'Aldo Moro', 70125, Bari, Italy.
School of Agricultural, Forest, Food, and Environmental Sciences, University of Basilicata, 85100, Potenza, Italy.
Lipids Health Dis. 2020 Jun 2;19(1):119. doi: 10.1186/s12944-020-01300-z.
The present study aimed to evaluate the nutritional proximate composition, some qualitative traits and fatty acid profile of meat from wild thrush, woodcock and starling hunted in Southern Italy in 2017 and 2018.
Nutritive composition and physical traits of meat and lipid fatty acid profile were evaluated in breast muscle (Pectoralis major) of gamebirds.
From findings, the meat pH was significantly (P < 0.001) higher in starling when compared to the other two species. Thrush meat was significantly (P = 0.002) darker and had higher redness (P < 0.001) and yellowness (P = 0.004) in comparison to starling and woodcock. Thrush breast muscle showed the highest (P < 0.001) level of lipids and lowest (P < 0.001) protein content. Meat from thrush showed the best lipid fatty acid profile based on the higher (P < 0.001) monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) and lower (P < 0.001) saturated fatty acids (SFA) concentrations. Starling breast muscle reported the highest (P = 0.002) polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) level compared to both thrush and woodcock, whereas no differences were detected on total n-3. The ratio n-6/n-3 was higher (P = 0.001) in starling muscle. Thrush breast muscle had the lowest (P < 0.001) atherogenic and thrombogenic indices compared to the other gamebirds.
The findings indicated that meat from the three investigated gamebirds species may represent a healthily lipid food source for human consumption in relation to the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
本研究旨在评估 2017 年和 2018 年在意大利南部狩猎的野生画眉、丘鹬和椋鸟的肉的营养成分、一些定性特征和脂肪酸组成。
评估了猎禽胸肌(胸大肌)的营养成分和物理特性以及脂质脂肪酸组成。
从研究结果来看,与其他两种鸟类相比,椋鸟的肉 pH 值显著(P < 0.001)较高。与椋鸟和丘鹬相比,画眉的肉颜色明显(P = 0.002)更深,红色度(P < 0.001)和黄色度(P = 0.004)更高。画眉胸肌的脂肪含量最高(P < 0.001),蛋白质含量最低(P < 0.001)。画眉肉的脂质脂肪酸组成最好,因为单不饱和脂肪酸(MUFA)含量较高(P < 0.001),饱和脂肪酸(SFA)含量较低(P < 0.001)。与画眉和丘鹬相比,椋鸟的胸肌报告了最高(P = 0.002)的多不饱和脂肪酸(PUFA)水平,而总 n-3 没有差异。n-6/n-3 的比例在椋鸟肌肉中更高(P = 0.001)。与其他猎禽相比,画眉胸肌的致动脉粥样硬化和血栓形成指数最低(P < 0.001)。
研究结果表明,与预防心血管疾病有关,三种调查的猎禽肉可能是一种健康的脂质食物来源。