Lipids and fatty acids in roasted chickens

Total lipids from meat portions of breast, thigh, wing, side and back with and without skin from 10 roasted chickens were extracted with chloroform an d methanol and gravimetrically determined, and their fatty acids were analy sed as methyl esters by gaseous chromatography, using a flame ionization de tector and capillary column. The main fatty acids found were: C16:0, C18:1 omega 9, and C18:2 omega 6. The average ratio observed between PUFA/SFA was of 0.98, mainly due to the great concentration of the C18:2 omega 6 fatty acid, with an average of 26.75%. Regarding to the lipids content, the skinl ess breast showed the lowest content, 0.78g/100g, while the back with skin was the one with the highest content, 12.13g/100g, except for the pure skin , with 26.54 grams of lipids by 100 grams.