. 2017 Nov 30;55(2):619–629. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2971-3

Table 1.

Color parameters of lotus root fermented sugar syrup samples

Fermentation period (day)	Lotus root sugar syrup samples			Brown sugar broth (control)
Fermentation period (day)	L*	a*	b*	L*	a*	b*
0	60.96 ± 1.25^a	3.77 ± 0.53^f	45.64 ± 0.70^a	58.20 ± 1.14^d	7.60 ± 0.54^a	46.30 ± 0.35^a
15	56.21 ± 1.09^cd	4.13 ± 0.26^f	38.29 ± 0.65^h	58.83 ± 0.94^cd	6.19 ± 1.13^bc	44.43 ± 2.50^b
30	56.40 ± 1.43^cd	5.71 ± 0.78^d	44.50 ± 0.15^bc	60.26 ± 0.21^c	5.65 ± 0.20^c	44.60 ± 0.29^b
45	56.92 ± 1.02^c	5.97 ± 0.45^d	44.08 ± 0.51^bc	59.38 ± 0.55^cd	6.18 ± 0.39^bc	45.01 ± 0.46^b
60	55.75 ± 0.83^cd	6.39 ± 0.42^cd	43.81 ± 0.69^c	59.33 ± 0.94^cd	6.80 ± 0.58^b	46.39 ± 0.43^d
75	56.54 ± 0.40^c	6.55 ± 0.22^bcd	44.72 ± 0.30^b	59.27 ± 1.03^cd	6.37 ± 0.53^bc	47.15 ± 0.32^a
90	62.26 ± 0.12^a	3.53 ± 0.08^f	41.44 ± 0.17^e	66.88 ± 0.66^a	1.19 ± 0.28^d	33.31 ± 1.03^d
105	58.84 ± 0.77^b	5.11 ± 0.27^e	42.38 ± 0.29^d	64.54 ± 0.91^b	1.31 ± 0.13^d	32.97 ± 0.31^d
120	50.55 ± 0.68^f	7.82 ± 0.17^a	39.52 ± 0.33^g	64.45 ± 0.23^b	1.07 ± 0.20^d	35.41 ± 0.77^c
135	54.65 ± 0.84^de	6.65 ± 0.32^bcd	40.87 ± 0.15^e	66.52 ± 1.09^a	0.92 ± 0.20^d	31.86 ± 0.72^de
150	53.26 ± 1.12^e	6.92 ± 0.38^bc	40.87 ± 0.43^ef	66.55 ± 0.79^a	0.92 ± 0.24^de	31.86 ± 1.01^de
165	53.01 ± 0.97^e	7.15 ± 0.36^b	40.35 ± 0.34^f	67.01 ± 0.85^a	0.13 ± 0.19^ef	31.87 ± 0.94^de
180	53.10 ± 1.36^e	6.85 ± 0.58^bc	39.38 ± 0.34^g	67.80 ± 0.83^a	0.20 ± 0.15^f	30.63 ± 0.46^e

L*: lightness; a*: redness; b*: yellowness. All values were expressed as mean ± standard deviation of triplicate determinations

Superscripts sharing a common letter in the same column are not significantly different at p < 0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test