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. 2018 Aug 13;9:822. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00822

Table 2.

Quantification of soluble solids, pH, turbidity, and color change in apple juice after UV irradiation.

Irradiation time (min) Soluble solids (°Brix) pH Turbidity (λ = 600 nm) Color
L a b
0 (Control) 14.47 ± 0.06f 3.84 ± 0.01a 0.04 ± 0.00a 37.05 ± 0.01b −0.85 ± 0.15b 7.72 ± 0.38a
5 14.47 ± 0.06f 3.84 ± 0.01ab 0.04 ± 0.00a 37.62 ± 1.39b −0.64 ± 0.21a 3.96 ± 0.50b
10 14.50 ± 0.00f 3.84 ± 0.01ab 0.04 ± 0.00a 37.86 ± 1.33b −0.71 ± 0.06ab 3.77 ± 0.07bc
30 14.53 ± 0.06f 3.84 ± 0.01a 0.04 ± 0.00a 37.24 ± 0.54b −0.80 ± 0.07ab 3.45 ± 0.10c
60 14.70 ± 0.00e 3.85 ± 0.00a 0.04 ± 0.01a 37.64 ± 1.62a −0.88 ± 0.09b 3.47 ± 0.20c
120 15.23 ± 0.06d 3.83 ± 0.01ab 0.05 ± 0.01a 38.41 ± 0.41a −0.98 ± 0.75b 2.36 ± 0.19e
240 16.03 ± 0.06c 3.83 ± 0.01ab 0.05 ± 0.01a 38.34 ± 0.42a −0.75 ± 0.13ab 2.88 ± 0.07d
480 18.47 ± 0.06b 3.80 ± 0.02c 0.05 ± 0.01a 38.03 ± 0.48a −0.86 ± 0.01b 2.46 ± 0.04de
720 21.30 ± 0.00a 3.82 ± 0.01b 0.04 ± 0.00a 38.42 ± 0.10a −0.81 ± 0.03ab 2.51 ± 0.14de

Data presented are the mean of repeated experiments ± standard deviation, and different lower superscripts in each column indicate significant differences at p < 0.05.