Table 2 Fatty acid methyl esters profile of the raw and cooked injected pork loins between Control brine (CON), Sunflower (SF) and DHA treatments

C14:0

0.62^a

1.24^b

1.27^b

0.55^a

1.44^c

1.68^c

0.130

0.005

0.004

C16:0

10.90^a

22.28^c

18.08^b

10.54^a

26.65^c

24.64^c

1.524

0.001

0.001

C16:1cis9

1.16^a

2.12^b

1.93^b

1.11^a

2.60^c

2.70^c

0.164

0.002

0.002

C18:0

5.68^a

12.26^c

8.87^b

5.74^a

14.78^d

12.09^c

0.833

0.001

0.001

C18:1cis9

15.96^a

32.87^c

24.59^b

15.29^a

40.42^c

33.79^c

2.002

0.001

0.001

C18:1cis11

2.42^a

5.28^b

3.92^a

2.13 ^a

5.61^b

4.95^b

0.335

0.001

0.177

C18:2n-6

3.05^a

5.47^b

4.26^b

3.05^a

6.64^c

5.14^b

0.414

0.006

0.001

C18:3n-3

0.40^a

0.77^b

0.69^b

0.32^a

0.87^b

0.76^b

0.089

0.022

0.296

C18:3n-6

0.09^a

0.23^b

0.16^b

0.09^a

0.28^b

0.20^b

0.021

0.003

0.005

C20:1cis11

0.41^a

0.96^b

0.62^b

0.37^a

1.16^c

0.83^b

0.075

0.002

0.004

C20:2n-6

0.08^a

0.16^c

0.12^b

0.07^a

0.21^d

0.15^c

0.016

0.007

0.023

C20:3n-6

0.06

0.08

0.07

0.05

0.10

0.10

0.009

0.018

0.258

C20:3n-3

0.03

0.06

0.05

0.03

0.07

0.06

0.008

0.062

0.102

C20:4n-6

0.28^a

0.34^b

0.31^b

0.33^b

0.45^c

0.37^b

0.022

0.057

0.001

C20:5n-3

0.04

0.04

0.07

0.06

0.07

0.08

0.005

0.016

0.002

C22:0

0.01

0.03

0.02

0.01

0.02

0.02

0.003

0.009

0.073

C22:5n-6

0.00^a

0.00^a

0.44^b

0.01^a

0.00^a

0.54^b

0.025

0.001

0.108

C22:5n-3

0.10

0.15

0.13

0.12

0.21

0.18

0.016

0.037

0.002

C22:6n-3

0.02^a

0.04^a

1.16^b

0.03^a

0.05^a

1.46^b

0.068

0.000

0.075

SFA¹

17.30^a

36.05^c

28.41^b

16.93^a

43.17^c

38.63^c

2.510

0.001

0.001

MUFA²

19.95^a

41.23^c

31.06^c

18.90^a

49.78^c

42.28^c

2.576

0.001

0.001

PUFA³

4.07^a

7.10^b

7.30^b

4.06^a

8.67^c

8.83^c

0.673

0.004

0.000

Total FAME

41.32^a

84.38^c

66.76^b

39.88^a

101.62^c

89.73^c

1.920

0.002

0.001

Iodine Index⁴

27.15^a

53.09^b

46.65^b

26.32^a

64.48^c

60.95^c

3.184

0.001

0.001