. 2023 Jun 27;9(7):e17738. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e17738

Table 1.

TSS, TA, and pH of AVG and PWB coated hog plum during storage interval.

Parameter	Storage (day)
Parameter	Treatment	0	3	6	9	12
TSS (° Brix)	Control	7.50 ± 0.33^Ad	7.78 ± 0.19^Acd	8.19 ± 0.32^Abc	8.58 ± 0.21^Aab	8.92 ± 0.16^Aa
	PWB coated hog plum	7.51 ± 0.42^Ab	7.53 ± 0.38^Ab	7.97 ± 0.11^Aab	8.12 ± 0.11^Ba	8.19 ± 0.34^Ba
	AVG coated hog plum	7.5 ± 0.05^Ab	7.67 ± 0.18^Aab	7.73 ± 0.22^Aab	7.76 ± 0.08^Cab	7.95 ± 0.13^Ba
TA	Control	0.18 ± 0.03^Ad	0.37 ± 0.05^Ac	0.56 ± 0.06^Ab	0.72 ± 0.04^Aa	0.77 ± 0.05^Aa
	PWB coated hog plum	0.20 ± 0.03^Ad	0.27 ± 0.04^Bd	0.36 ± 0.03^Bc	0.51 ± 0.04^Bb	0.67 ± 0.05^Ba
	AVG coated hog plum	0.19 ± 0.02^Ad	0.23 ± 0.03^Bd	0.30 ± 0.03^Bc	0.38 ± 0.04^Cb	0.47 ± 0.05^Ca
pH	Control	3.20 ± 0.08^Aa	2.92 ± 0.05^Bb	2.73 ± 0.07^Bc	2.68 ± 0.03^Bc	2.54 ± 0.02^Bd
	PWB coated hog plum	3.17 ± 0.07^Aa	2.93 ± 0.05^Bb	2.81 ± 0.05^Bc	2.71 ± 0.05^Bc	2.60 ± 0.08^Bd
	AVG coated hog plum	3.17 ± 0.04^Aa	3.06 ± 0.05^Ab	2.98 ± 0.07^Abc	2.94 ± 0.05^Acd	2.86 ± .03^Ad

Note: Control: Untreated fruit; AVG: Aloe vera gel; PWB: Paraffin wax-coated paperboard box packaging. Values with different superscript letters in a row (small letter) and a column (Capital letter) are significantly different (P < 0.05). Data are represented as mean ± SD.