. 2024 Dec 30;113:107214. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2024.107214

Table 1.

Effect of ultrasound assisted pickling on the particle size of MPs in dry fish.

Digestive model		Particle size (μm)
Digestive model		0 d	3 d	7 d	10 d
Pre-digestion	ST	200.37 ± 21.77^aA	158.72 ± 6.15^bA	210.08 ± 2.83^aA	139.30 ± 2.49^bA
Pre-digestion	UT	140.72 ± 3.20^bB	140.47 ± 0.56^bA	159.19 ± 1.86^aB	119.68 ± 2.43^cB
Gastric digestion	ST	54.71 ± 0.90^bA	60.02 ± 4.20^aA	35.42 ± 0.51^dA	41.39 ± 0.25^cA
Gastric digestion	UT	46.26 ± 0.92^aB	40.20 ± 0.55^bB	32.83 ± 1.32^cB	39.95 ± 0.31^bB
Intestinal digestion	ST	12.47 ± 1.37^cA	12.98 ± 0.38^cA	48.86 ± 1.73^aA	43.86 ± 1.71^bA
Intestinal digestion	UT	8.30 ± 0.10^cA	8.74 ± 0.11^cB	33.15 ± 2.47^aB	25.29 ± 2.00^bB

Note: Different lowercase letters on the same line indicate significant differences between storage times in the treatment groups (p < 0.05); Different capital letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) between the ST and UT groups under the same storage time, same as below.