Table 5.

Effect of fluences on total phenolic content (expressed in mg GAE/100 g) and ascorbic acid content (expressed in mg/100 g) of fresh-cut cantaloupes treated with pulsed light

Storage time (day)	Untreated	Fluences (J/cm2)
		2.7 J/cm2	7.8 J/cm2	11.7 J/cm2	15.6 J/cm2
Total phenolic content (mg GAE/100 g)
0	22.68 ± 2.37Aa	21.13 ± 3.58Aa	22.03 ± 5.04Aa	21.93 ± 5.39Aa	22.27 ± 4.33Aa
4	22.59 ± 0.43Aa	22.09 ± 3.62Aa	22.38 ± 3.58Aa	22.49 ± 2.64Aa	23.36 ± 2.93Aa
8	21.37 ± 1.64Aa	22.93 ± 3.13Aa	23.82 ± 2.95Aa	23.66 ± 2.86Aa	23.27 ± 2.84Aa
12	22.05 ± 0.85Aa	22.46 ± 2.57Aa	23.08 ± 2.62Aa	23.42 ± 2.83Aa	22.37 ± 3.70Aa
16	21.80 ± 0.59Aa	22.78 ± 2.83Aa	24.01 ± 3.69Aa	23.82 ± 3.33Aa	24.06 ± 4.25Aa
20	21.51 ± 1.09Aa	22.36 ± 5.09Aa	24.10 ± 4.75Aa	23.76 ± 4.06Aa	24.32 ± 4.25Aa
24	21.01 ± 1.04Aa	24.03 ± 3.74Aa	26.05 ± 0.72Aa	24.10 ± 4.85Aa	24.29 ± 2.41Aa
28	19.96 ± 0.97Aa	24.33 ± 3.45Aa	23.05 ± 5.63Aa	22.62 ± 4.27Aa	22.87 ± 5.51Aa
Ascorbic acid Content (mg/100 g)
0	21.29 ± 1.33Aa	24.42 ± 3.69Aa	24.82 ± 3.14Aa	25.28 ± 2.96Aa	24.23 ± 1.37Aa
4	21.87 ± 2.87Aa	23.78 ± 1.06Aa	23.44 ± 2.04Aa	24.35 ± 1.14Aa	22.86 ± 1.02ABa
8	22.71 ± 1.79Aa	22.86 ± 1.21Aa	23.06 ± 2.06Aa	22.47 ± 0.26ABa	22.61 ± 1.85ABa
12	22.20 ± 2.31Aa	21.73 ± 1.11Aa	21.43 ± 0.62Aa	22.82 ± 1.20ABa	21.29 ± 2.00ABa
16	21.62 ± 0.45Aa	20.85 ± 1.43Aa	21.28 ± 0.98Aa	21.46 ± 0.99ABa	22.09 ± 1.36ABa
20	21.23 ± 2.19Aa	20.40 ± 3.25Aa	21.95 ± 1.88Aa	21.70 ± 2.21ABa	20.73 ± 2.20ABa
24	20.48 ± 0.96Aa	19.40 ± 0.74Aa	21.51 ± 2.02Aa	20.93 ± 1.36ABa	22.16 ± 0.59ABa
28	19.01 ± 0.58Aa	17.04 ± 5.68Aa	19.64 ± 1.63Aa	19.82 ± 0.99Ba	18.41 ± 2.35Ba

^*Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences within the same row (p ≤ 0.05)

^*Different uppercase letters indicate significant differences within the same column (p ≤ 0.05)