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Table 3.

Effect of EO on the meat quality breast muscle of 56-days-old Muscovy ducks (n = 6).

Items	CON	EO100	EO200	EO300	P value
Items	CON	EO100	EO200	EO300	EO	Linear	Quadratic
pH_45min	6.22 ± 0.08	6.27 ± 0.08	6.27 ± 0.12	6.28 ± 0.27	0.896	0.498	0.800
pH₂₄_h	5.77 ± 0.05	5.80 ± 0.06	5.85 ± 0.10	5.82 ± 0.08	0.322	0.167	0.298
Lightness (L*)	53.25 ± 2.50	51.88 ± 4.50	49.95 ± 3.93	51.27 ± 3.68	0.503	0.261	0.388
Redness (a*)	8.66 ± 1.14^b	9.42 ± 1.10^ab	11.19 ± 0.97^a	10.53 ± 1.34^a	0.005	0.002	0.144
Yellowness (b*)	12.86 ± 0.99^a	12.12 ± 0.85^ab	11.15 ± 0.98^b	11.16 ± 0.81^b	0.010	0.002	0.328
Drip loss (%)	1.44 ± 0.19^a	1.57 ± 0. 24^a	1.04 ± 0.18^b	1.31 ± 0.13^ab	0.001	0.014	0.384

^a,b

Values within a row with different letters differ significantly (P < 0.05).