Table 3.

The effect of dietary magnesium supplementation on muscle lactate following 0 to 4 d of storage at 4°C (mmol/g)

Day	Treatment			SEM (n = 6)	Sig.
	Control	Magnesium acetate	Magnesium sulfate
0	0.55a	0.35b	0.36b	0.03	*
1	0.92a	0.67b	0.70b	0.07	**
2	1.97	1.81	1.92	0.17	NS
3	2.12	2.06	2.13	0.10	NS
4	2.37	2.32	2.40	0.15	NS
Mean	1.59	1.44	1.50	0.12
Linear	**	**	**
Quadratic	**	NS	NS

^a–bLeast square means within a row with different superscripts (a–b) are significantly different (NS = Not significant,

^*p<0.05 and

^**p<0.01).