Table 3 Marinade uptake of muscles marinated after 1 and 24-hour postmortem time

Sample1) Marinade uptake (%)
C1 6.0b±0.88
LA1 9.7c±0.30
SL1 9.2c±0.26
C24 5.5ab±0.33
LA24 4.6a±0.07
SL24 5.3ab±0.21
a-c Means with the different letter in the same column are significantly different (p<0.05).
1) Sample denomination; C1, 2% NaCl injected at 1 h; LA1, 2% NaCl+0.5 M Lactic Acid injected at 1 h; SL1, 2% NaCl+0.5 M Sodium Lactate injected at 1 h; C24, 2% NaCl injected at 24 h; LA24, 2% NaCl+0.5 M Lactic Acid injected at 24 h; SL24, 2% NaCl+0.5 M Sodium Lactate injected at 24 h.