Table 3. Antioxidant enzymes activity of duck and chicken breast exposed with gaseous ozone during refrigerated storage.
Item | Treatment | Storage (day) |
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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).