Table 6.

Estimated levels (mean percentage ± SEM) of metmyoglobin (MMb) and oxymyoglobin (OMb), in the LTL muscle of control (C) and treated (PE) group, throughout the storage at 4 °C

	Groups	1	2	3	7
MMb	C	40.73 ± 1.88	45.28 ± 1.18	53.57 ± 1.67	61.78 ± 3.60
	PE	40.99 ± 1.94	47.67 ± 1.52	54.41 ± 1.88	63.37 ± 3.94
OMb	C	68.93 ± 2.70	34.04 ± 3.04	15.07 ± 3.24	43.87 ± 9.42
	PE	62.66 ± 7.02	38.13 ± 4.83	21.42 ± 5.69	51.48 ± 10.28