Table 2.

Effect of different de-astringency treatments on ethanol concentration in ‘Mopan’ persimmon fruit flesh Errors represent SEs from three biological replicates.

Ethanol (µg g–1 flesh weight)
Days in storage	Control-1a	CO2 1d	CO2 2d	Control-2a	C2H4 2d
0	24.51±4.25	24.51±4.25	24.51±4.25	18.08±1.71	18.08±1.71
1	6.83±1.02	48.69±4.46	58.50±9.63	5.48±1.94	4.49±0.51
2	6.32±1.16	42.74±6.19	117.12±2.96	3.78±0.75	34.82±2.08
3	6.56±1.31	23.74±0.92	126.07±11.32	2.93±0.57	23.13±1.24
4	4.62±0.26	8.08±0.45	5.45±4.26	—b	—b

^a Control-1 and Control-2 correspond to CO₂ treatment and C₂H₄ treatments, respectively.

^b —: not measured.