Table 4.
TBARS content of beef packaged with bioactive film alone and in combination with varying MAP conditions.
Attribute | Samples | Days | ||||||||||||||||
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0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 26 | ||
TBARS | C-air | 0.04 ± 0.0 bA | 0.20 ± 0.03 dB | 0.50 ± 0.02 eC | 0.70 ± 0.01 gD | 2.14 ± 0.04 gE | 3.27 ± 0.24 dF | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
MAP1 | 0.03 ± 0.0 aA | 0.16 ± 0.01 cB | 0.32 ± 0.03 dC | 0.54 ± 0.02 fD | 0.68 ± 0.01 fE | 0.89 ± 0.03 cF | 1.01 ± 0.02 dG | 1.95 ± 0.04 eH | 2.44 ± 0.1 eI | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
MAP2 | 0.03 ± 0.0 aA | 0.16 ± 0.01 cB | 0.30 ± 0.02 dC | 0.51 ± 0.03 eD | 0.63 ± 0.03 eE | 0.85 ± 0.02 cF | 1.01 ± 0.01 dG | 1.86 ± 0.01 dH | 2.20 ± 0.07 dI | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
MAP3 | 0.03 ± 0.0 aA | 0.08 ± 0.0 bA | 0.22 ± 0.01 cB | 0.35 ± 0.02 dC | 0.41 ± 0.02 dC | 0.60 ± 0.04 bD | 0.94 ± 0.05 cE | 1.05 ± 0.03 cF | 1.60 ± 0.06 cG | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
1% NE | 0.04 ± 0.0 aA | 0.03 ± 0.0 aA | 0.04 ± 0.01 aA | 0.05 ± 0.01 aAB | 0.08 ± 0.01 aBC | 0.11 ± 0.01 aCD | 0.14 ± 0.01 aD | 0.18 ± 0.02 aE | 0.23 ± 0.02 aF | 0.30 ± 0.01 aG | 0.37 ± 0.02 bH | 0.48 ± 0.05 bI | 0.53 ± 0.05 bJ | - | - | - | - | |
1% NE-MAP1 | 0.03 ± 0.0 aA | 0.05 ± 0.0 aA | 0.07 ± 0.01 bA | 0.14 ± 0.0 cB | 0.17 ± 0.01 cBC | 0.19 ± 0.01 aC | 0.22 ± 0.01 bC | 0.27 ± 0.02 bD | 0.35 ± 0.03 bE | 0.54 ± 0.03 bF | 0.58 ± 0.01 cFG | 0.61 ± 0.01 cGH | 0.65 ± 0.02 cH | 0.72 ± 0.01 bI | 0.92 ± 0.05 bJ | 1.21 ± 0.05 bK | 1.37 ± 0.08 bL | |
1% NE-MAP2 | 0.03 ± 0.0 aA | 0.04 ± 0.0 aA | 0.07 ± 0.0 bA | 0.13 ± 0.01 cB | 0.16 ± 0.01 cBC | 0.19 ± 0.01 aC | 0.21 ± 0.01 bC | 0.25 ± 0.01 bD | 0.33 ± 0.06 bE | 0.51 ± 0.02 bF | 0.56 ± 0.01 cG | 0.59 ± 0 cG | 0.63 ± 0.02 cH | 0.71 ± 0 bI | 0.92 ± 0.04 bJ | 1.20 ± 0.04 bK | 1.34 ± 0.06 bL | |
1% NE-MAP3 | 0.03 ± 0.0 aA | 0.03 ± 0.0 aA | 0.06 ± 0.01 bAB | 0.08 ± 0.01b ABC | 0.12 ± 0.01b BCD | 0.14 ± 0.01 aCD | 0.16 ± 0.01 aDE | 0.17 ± 0.01 aDE | 0.21 ± 0.01 aE | 0.29 ± 0.01 aF | 0.32 ± 0.01 aF | 0.38 ± 0.01 aG | 0.41 ± 0.01 aG | 0.54 ± 0.02 aH | 0.66 ± 0.03 aI | 0.92 ± 0.07 aJ | 1.12 ± 0.11 aK |
MAP1—80% O2 + 20% CO2; MAP2—70% O2 + 30% CO2; MAP3—60% O2 + 20% CO2 + 20% N2. Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Within each row, means with the same uppercase letter are not significantly different (p > 0.05). Within each column, means with the same lowercase letter are not significantly different (p > 0.05).