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. 2017 Nov 23;55(2):513–522. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2960-6

Table 2.

Effect of storage temperature and time on textural properties of albumen gel from duck egg

Hardness (N) Cohesiveness Adhesiveness (N s) Springiness (cm) Gumminess (N) Chewiness (N cm) Resilience
Storage time (day)
 0 19.08d* 0.72f − 0.66c 0.92a 13.67a 12.56c 0.41f
 3 28.47a 0.78e − 0.62b 0.94b 22.11b 20.72a 0.52e
 6 28.32a 0.80d − 0.60a 0.94b 22.86a 20.84a 0.56d
 9 26.93b 0.83b − 0.60a 0.94b 22.16b 20.88a 0.59b
 12 25.75c 0.84a − 0.60a 0.92a 21.36c 20.04b 0.60a
 15 25.51c 0.82c − 0.61ab 0.92a 21.25c 20.01b 0.58c
Storage temperature
 28–30 °C 24.19b 0.82a − 0.61a 0.93a 19.90b 18.30a 0.58a
 4 °C 26.97a 0.78b − 0.63b 0.93a 21.16a 19.78b 0.51b
P value
 Temperature < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 NS < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05
 Day < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05
 Temperature × day < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05
 MSE 0.49 0.00 2.14 0.00 0.37 0.53 0.00

MSE mean square error, NS not significant

* Means within storage time or temperature with different superscripts are different at P < 0.05