Tokuşoĝlu Ö.2024-07-222024-07-22200614653478http://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/19373The nutritional composition (moisture, ash, crude protein, available carbohydrates, total lipids), energy value, some quality characteristics (yolk weight, albumen weight and shell weight), cholesterol level and fatty acid profiles of quail egg were determined (p <0.01). The protein content of quail egg was higher than laying hen's egg. The fatty acid composition of quail egg yolk consisted of 24 fatty acids including saturated fatty acids (C14:0, C16:0, C17:0, C18:0, C20:0, C22:0, C24:0), monounsaturated fatty acids (C15:1, C16:1, C17:1, C18:1n9, C18:1n7, C22:1n9, C24:1) and polyunsaturated fatty acids (C18:2n6t, C18:2n6c, C18:3n6, C18:3n3, C20:2, C20:3n6, C20:3n3, C20:4n6, C22:2, C20:5n3, C22:6n3). The total cholesterol level of quail egg was found to be 73.45±1.07 mg/100 g. Linoleic acid (C18:2n6c) (10.28%), arachidonic acid (C20:4n6) (1.92%) and cis-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid (C20:5n3) (0.63%) were the major polyunsaturated fatty acids in the fatty acid content of quail egg yolk, whereas oleic acid (C18:1n9c) was the major monounsaturated fatty acid comprising 26.71% in the yolk. The palmitic acid (C16:0) and stearic acid (C18:0) levels were 16.62% and 6.89%, respectively. Total omega-3 was detected as 1.16% in raw egg whereas it was 0.82% in soft-boiled (rafadan) egg. The polyunsaturated fatty acid/saturated fatty acid proportion was 0.58 and 0.64 for raw and processed yolk, respectively.EnglishAnimalsArachidonic AcidCholesterolEggsEicosapentaenoic AcidFatty AcidsFatty Acids, UnsaturatedFemaleFood HandlingLinoleic AcidOleic AcidQuailPhasianidae5,8,11,14,17 icosapentaenoic acidarachidonic acidcholesterolfatty acid esterlinoleic acidoleic acidomega 3 fatty acidpalmitic acidpolyunsaturated fatty acidsaturated fatty acidstearic acidunsaturated fatty acidwaterarticleashcarbohydrate analysiseggegg shellegg yolkfatty acid analysisfood analysisfood compositionfood processinggas chromatographylipid compositionmoisturenonhumannutritional healthnutritional valueprotein analysisprotein contentquailwater analysisArticle10.1080/09637480601049725