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. 2016 Jun 30;36(3):405–411. doi: 10.5851/kosfa.2016.36.3.405

Table 3. Antioxidant enzymes activity of duck and chicken breast exposed with gaseous ozone during refrigerated storage.

Item Treatment Storage (day)
0 1 2 3 4
Catalase activity (U/g) Duck+Ozone 93.35±6.1aA 87.40±5.1aB 73.61±1.3aC 65.36±8.1bD 58.82±5.6bE
Duck 93.35±6.1aA 89.56±7.5aA 78.19±8.3aB 75.82 ±1.3aB 68.15±10.3aC
Chicken+Ozone 55.89±8.7bA 46.70±4.7bB 44.12±5.3bBC 40.17±1.3cC 30.38±5.6cD
Chicken 55.89±8.7bA 49.19±3.4bB 48.31±5.6bB 42.19±4.3cC 30.96±5.1cC
Glutathione peroxidase activity (U/g) Duck+Ozone 0.28±0.06aA 0.21±0.06bAB 0.19±0.01aB 0.16±0.01aBC 0.12±0.07bC
Duck 0.28±0.06aA 0.27±0.09aA 0.23±0.05aAB 0.20±0.05aB 0.18±0.03aB
Chicken+Ozone 0.26±0.10aA 0.21±0.05bA 0.21±0.06aA 0.18±0.06aA 0.13±0.02bB
Chicken 0.26±0.10aA 0.25±0.09abA 0.22±0.01aAB 0.20±0.04aB 0.15±0.06abB

Mean values±standard deviation.

a-dMeans in the same column followed by different superscript letters in lower-case are significantly different (p<0.05).

A-EMeans in the same row followed by different superscript letters in upper-case are significantly different (p<0.05).