. 2018 Jun 28;8:9790. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28096-4

Table 2.

Colour of myoglobin dissolved in phosphate buffer supplemented with 0.1% and 0.5% sodium dithionite following exposure to atmospheric pressure plasma.

Properties	Treatment time (min)		SEM¹
Properties	0	20	SEM¹
Myoglobin in the presence of 0.1% sodium dithionite
L ^*	77.09	77.35	0.507
a ^*	10.31^a	7.99^b	0.304
b ^*	34.91	35.12	0.418
Chroma	36.40	36.02	0.360
ΔE	0^b	2.86^a	0.224
Myoglobin in the presence of 0.5% sodium dithionite
L ^*	73.89	72.85	0.285
a ^*	4.56^b	11.94^a	0.237
b ^*	29.32	33.43	1.312
Chroma	29.67^b	35.52^a	1.173
ΔE	0^b	8.94^a	0.310

¹Standard error of the mean (n = 6).

^a,b,c,dValues with different letters within the same row differ significantly (P < 0.05).