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. 2011 Feb 20;50(1):122–128. doi: 10.1007/s13197-011-0313-4

Table 3.

Degradation coefficients of marigold pigment for different pretreatments

Pretreatments Ambient (day−1) Cold storage (day−1) Accelerated (day−1)
Control 0.0046 0.0035 0.0065
NaOH pretreatment 0.0024 0.0011 0.0038
Citric acid pretreatment 0.0012 0.0010 0.0024
Enzyme pretreatment 0.0008 0.0006 0.0021