Figure 1.

Box plots illustrate relative absorbance at 260 nm to 280 nm (A₂₆₀/A₂₈₀) (A) and at 260 nm to 230 nm (A₂₆₀/A₂₃₀) (B) of chicken breast muscle collected at different postmortem time-points. The box represents interquartile range. The top and the bottom of the box represent minimum and maximum values, while the horizontal lines within the box indicate median. Statistical parameters were calculated from three biological replicates. No significant difference in the values of A₂₆₀/A₂₈₀ or A₂₆₀/A₂₃₀ was found among postmortem duration (p≥0.05).