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. 2017 Dec 8;55(2):678–688. doi: 10.1007/s13197-017-2977-x

Table 1.

The mean and standard deviation of various physicochemical characteristics of paprika at different levels of moisture content

Physical Characteristics Moisture content (% db)
6.93 10.81 14.75 18.65 23.05
ρb, kg m−3 453.33
(± 1.95)		 416.33
(± 0.58)		 409.33
(± 2.31)		 401.33
(± 1.53)		 398.00
(± 2.00)
ρt, kg m−3 1266.93
(± 1.27)		 1291.33
(± 4.76)		 1314.70
(± 2.52)		 1348.20
(± 6.68)		 1359.60
(± 6.65)
ε,  % 64.22
(± 0.19)		 67.76
(± 0.09)		 68.86
(± 0.18)		 70.23
(± 0.21)		 70.73
(± 0.29)
L 37.01
(± 0.02)		 34.62
(± 0.01)		 31.81
(± 0.02)		 29.56
(± 0.01)		 28.80
(± 0.01)
a 34.12
(± 0.01)		 34.39
(± 0.01)		 33.94
(± 0.04)		 32.15
(± 0.05)		 30.24
(± 0.01)
b 36.47
(± 0.07)		 36.32
(± 0.03)		 34.67
(± 0.29)		 30.59
(± 0.02)		 26.29
(± 0.03)
C 49.94
(± 0.05)		 50.02
(± 0.03)		 48.52
(± 0.21)		 44.38
(± 0.03)		 40.07
(± 0.01)
h° 46.90
(± 0.06)		 46.56
(± 0.02)		 45.61
(± 0.24)		 43.58
(± 0.05)		 41.01
(± 0.04)
ΔE 0.05
(± 0.03)		 2.41
(± 0.01)		 5.51
(± 0.09)		 9.69
(± 0.02)		 13.64
(± 0.02)
HG 5.49
(± 0.06)		 5.69
(± 0.04)		 5.85
(± 0.03)		 6.01
(± 0.00)		 6.19
(± 0.00)
DC 6.86
(± 0.05)		 8.21
(± 0.01)		 11.85
(± 0.06)		 14.46
(± 0.06)		 15.34
(± 0.04)
EC (ASTA) 107.03
(± 1.62)		 83.10
(± 2.22)		 80.56
(± 0.05)		 75.17
(± 0.38)		 70.96
(± 0.48)
R/Y ratio 1.0105
(± 0.0007)		 1.0037
(± 0.0019)		 1.0013
(± 0.0014)		 1.0018
(± 0.0005)		 1.0076
(± 0.0089)
BI 0.1633
(± 0.0038)		 0.1492
(± 0.0016)		 0.1473
(± 0.0015)		 0.1461
(± 0.0019)		 0.1444
(± 0.0006)
pH 5.02
(± 0.01)		 5.04
(± 0.01)		 5.06
(± 0.01)		 5.08
(± 0.01)		 5.09
(± 0.01)
AA 0.43
(± 0.02)		 0.43
(± 0.02)		 0.43
(± 0.02)		 0.43
(± 0.02)		 0.44
(± 0.02)
aw 0.4199
(± 0.007)		 0.5948
(± 0.002)		 0.6873
(± 0.002)		 0.7530
(± 0.002)		 0.7832
(± 0.004)

Data in parentheses represent standard deviation