Table 3. Fatty acid composition of the Longissimus lumborum muscle enhanced by sodium chloride (%).

Fatty acids	exp.1	exp.2	SEM	Significance
C14:0	5.28a	5.39b	0.10	**
C14:1	1.89a	0.93b	0.04	**
C16:0	31.92a	27.63b	0.22	**
C16:1	5.89a	4.38b	0.06	**
C18:0	8.87b	11.32a	0.10	**
C18:1	43.07b	46.13a	0.30	*
C18:2	1.83a	1.94b	0.01	***
C18:3	0.10b	0.18a	0.01	**
C20:0	0.05	0.07	0.01	ns
C20:1	0.24	0.28	0.01	ns
C20:2	0.05a	0.19a	0.01	**
C20:4	0.55b	0.89a	0.01	**
C20:5	0.01b	0.07a	0.01	*
C22:0	0.06	0.07	0.12	ns
C22:1	0.07b	0.18a	0.01	**
C22:6	0.04b	0.18a	0.01	**
C24:1	0.04b	0.25a	0.02	*
SFA	46.18a	41.48b	0.05	*
MUFA	51.20	52.07	0.08	ns
PUFA	2.58	3.45	0.10	ns

^a,b Means within each row differ significantly when superscripts differ (p<0.05).

^* p<0.05

^** p<0.01

^*** p<0.001.

SFA, saturated fatty acids; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acids; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acids; ns, not significant.