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. 2013 Aug 23;52(3):1350–1360. doi: 10.1007/s13197-013-1135-3

Table 4.

Effect of hurdle treatments on changes in ascorbic acid (mg/100 g) and total carotenoids (mg/100 g) in cauliflower samples at different storage periods

Ascorbic acid Storage period (days) T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 Mean
0 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 24.50 ± 0.00
15 14.50 14.90 14.00 14.70 12.90 12.50 14.40 14.70 13.80 14.50 12.80 12.10 14.10 13.80 ± 0.90
30 13.90 14.50 13.90 13.80 11.60 11.80 13.80 14.40 13.50 13.70 11.60 11.70 13.50 13.20 ± 1.10
45 13.30 14.20 13.80 13.00 10.20 11.10 13.20 14.10 13.10 12.70 10.20 11.00 13.10 12.50 ± 1.40
60 11.40 13.40 13.20 12.20 9.50 10.10 11.20 13.20 12.90 11.80 9.40 10.00 11.20 11.50 ± 1.40
75 9.40 12.60 12.70 11.40 8.70 9.10 9.30 12.40 12.30 11.30 8.60 9.00 9.30 10.50 ± 1.70
90 7.90 10.50 10.80 9.60 8.00 7.70 7.80 10.30 10.50 9.50 7.90 7.50 7.70 8.90 ± 1.30
105 6.40 8.50 9.00 7.90 7.30 6.30 6.30 8.30 8.60 7.80 7.20 6.10 6.30 7.40 ± 1.00
120 5.10 6.20 6.60 5.70 5.90 5.60 5.20 6.00 6.40 5.50 5.70 5.40 5.00 5.70 ± 0.50
Mean 11.80 ± 5.80 13.20 ± 4.20 13.20 ± 5.00 12.50 ± 5.30 10.90 ± 5.50 11.00 ± 5.60 11.70 ± 5.80 13.10 ± 5.20 12.80 ± 4.70 12.40 ± 5.40 10.90 ± 5.60 10.80 ± 5.70 11.60 ± 5.80
P < 0.05, CD: T 0.178, I 0.195, TxI = 0.438
Total carotenoids Storage period (days) T1 T2 T3 T4 T5 T6 T7 T8 T9 T10 T11 T12 T13 Mean ± S D
0 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.12 ± 0.0
15 0.09 0.12 0.10 0.09 0.12 0.11 0.08 0.12 0.09 0.08 0.11 0.10 0.08 0.10 ± 0.02
30 0.08 0.12 0.09 0.08 0.12 0.10 0.08 0.12 0.09 0.08 0.11 0.09 0.08 0.09 ± 0.02
45 0.08 0.12 0.08 0.08 0.11 0.09 0.07 0.12 0.08 0.07 0.10 0.09 0.07 0.09 ± 0.02
60 0.07 0.11 0.08 0.07 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.10 0.08 0.07 0.09 0.08 0.06 0.08 ± 0.02
75 0.06 0.11 0.07 0.06 0.09 0.07 0.05 0.09 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.06 0.07 ± 0.02
90 0.05 0.10 0.07 0.05 0.08 0.07 0.05 0.09 0.06 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.07 ± 0.02
105 0.05 0.10 0.06 0.05 0.08 0.05 0.04 0.08 0.05 0.04 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.06 ± 0.02
120 0.03 0.09 0.05 0.04 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.07 0.04 0.03 0.06 0.06 0.03 0.05 ± 0.02
Mean ± SD n = 3 0.07 ± 0.03 0.11 ± 0.01 0.08 ± 0.02 0.07 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.03 0.07 ± 0.03 0.10 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.02 0.06 ± 0.03 0.09 ± 0.02 0.08 ± 0.02 0.07 ± 0.03
P < 0.05, CD: T 0.0117, I 0.012, TxI = 0.0287