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

Table 3.

Microbial evaluation of AVG and PWB coated hog plum during storage.

Treatment Storage (day)
0 6 12
Control 1.2 × 103 ± 0.08 Ac 1.4 × 106 ± 0.14 Ab 1.5 × 107 ± 0.18 Aa
PWB coated hog plum 1.2 × 103 ± 0.08 Ac 1.3 × 105 ± 0.15 Bb 1.4 × 106 ± 0.10 Ba
AVG coated hog plum 1.2 × 103 ± 0.08 Ac 3.3 × 104 ± 0.17 Cb 1.2 × 105 ± 0.12Ca

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.