. 2016 Oct 13;53(10):3685–3694. doi: 10.1007/s13197-016-2339-0

Table 1.

Characteristics of partially dried cherry tomatoes before and after storage at 30 °C for 60 days

	Water activity	Lycopene (mg/100 g dry matter)	Total phenolics (mg/100 g dry matter)	L*	a*	b*	C	h	Aerobic plate count (log₁₀ CFU/g)	Yeasts and molds (log₁₀ CFU/g)
Before storage	0.746	197.5 ± 3.2^c	278.8 ± 2.2^c	30.18 ± 0.41^a	12.27 ± 0.27^a	6.83 ± 0.17^b	14.04 ± 0.25^a	1.61 ± 0.10^a	<1.00	<1.00
	0.812	204.4 ± 1.4^b	314.6 ± 3.0^b	29.79 ± 0.44^a	10.95 ± 0.20^b	5.99 ± 0.38^c	12.91 ± 0.43^b	1.39 ± 0.20^a	<1.00	<1.00
	0.868	212.6 ± 3.6^a	350.8 ± 2.7^a	29.91 ± 0.75^a	12.12 ± 0.10^a	7.73 ± 0.06^a	13.91 ± 0.11^a	1.58 ± 0.06^a	<1.00	<1.00
After storage	0.746	130.8 ± 1.9^e	196.6 ± 1.8^f	26.48 ± 0.13^c	5.29 ± 0.25^d	3.80 ± 0.42^e	8.64 ± 0.46^c	0.29 ± 0.08^c	2.95 ± 0.05^a	2.48 ± 0.09^a
	0.812	131.9 ± 0.4^e	208.0 ± 1.8^e	25.50 ± 0.34^d	5.31 ± 0.30^d	3.65 ± 0.09^e	8.65 ± 0.15^c	0.29 ± 0.09^c	3.04 ± 0.06^a	2.60 ± 0.02^b
	0.868	134.9 ± 0.9^d	252.6 ± 6.2^d	27.15 ± 0.19^b	5.86 ± 0.33^c	5.13 ± 0.37^d	9.00 ± 0.38^c	0.43 ± 0.04^b	3.20 ± 0.03^b	3.08 ± 0.07^c

Data were mean value of three replicates ± SD

Values followed by different letters in each column indicated significant differences (p < 0.05)