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. 2025 May 12;15(20):15539–15549. doi: 10.1039/d5ra00140d

Table 3. TA and AA contents of strawberries stored at 25 °C for 15 daysa.

Storage time (day) Groups
Control CMC CS NPs-CMC ZnO NPs-CMC CS/Zn NPs-CMC
TA (%) 0 0.99 ± 0.03A 0.99 ± 0.03A 0.99 ± 0.03A 0.99 ± 0.03A 0.99 ± 0.03A
4 0.74 ± 0.02B 0.79 ± 0.03a 0.81 ± 0.04a 0.79 ± 0.02a 0.75 ± 0.03a
8 0.50 ± 0.01C 0.55 ± 0.01b 0.52 ± 0.02b 0.51 ± 0.02b 0.54 ± 0.03b
12 0.24 ± 0.02D 0.32 ± 0.03c 0.29 ± 0.01c 0.34 ± 0.02c 0.35 ± 0.02c
15 0.21 ± 0.02E 0.24 ± 0.02d 0.27 ± 0.02d 0.27 ± 0.01d 0.29 ± 0.02d
AA (mg/100 g) 0 17.28 ± 0.10A 17.28 ± 0.10A 17.28 ± 0.10A 17.28 ± 0.10A 17.28 ± 0.10A
4 16.28 ± 0.19B 16.54 ± 0.13Aa 16.71 ± 0.42Ab 16.96 ± 0.04Cab 17.01 ± 0.04C
8 14.31 ± 0.04D 14.43 ± 0.12Dc 15.14 ± 0.13Dd 15.37 ± 0.29Ddc 14.81 ± 0.33E
12 13.73 ± 0.12F 13.58 ± 0.26Ee 13.07 ± 0.26Ef 13.85 ± 0.29Ffe 13.58 ± 0.26H
15 10.79 ± 0.16 G 11.26 ± 0.13Gh 10.97 ± 0.42 Gg 11.65 ± 0.15Ggh 11.97 ± 0.50M
a

Different letters in the same column and the same row indicate significant statistical differences among groups, n = 3, p < 0.05.