The concentrations of a- and c-tocopherols in Longissimus
dorsi muscle samples and subcutaneous fat are shown
in Table 7. Generally, the a- and c-tocopherol contents
reflected the tocopherol concentration of the diets and were
higher in the fat than in the muscle, in agreement with previous
findings (Buckley, Morrissey, & Gray, 1995). As
expected, the group raised free-range showed significantly
higher (P = 0.0001) c-tocopherol concentration in muscle