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. 2019 Mar 12;20(5):1246. doi: 10.3390/ijms20051246

Table 2.

CIE L*a*b* color parameters, total color difference (ΔE) and opacity of chickpea flour films.

Films L* a* b* ΔE Opacity
3% glycerol
pH 7 88.16 ± 0.32 a 0.51 ± 0.07 d 21.46 ± 0.65 a 21.51 ± 0.71 a 23.74 ± 0.49 a
pH 10 88.02 ± 0.56 a −1.01 ± 0.08 a 23.05 ± 0.79 ab 23.04 ± 0.94 ab 23.98 ± 0.44 a
1% glycerol
pH 7 89.27 ± 0.35 b −0.14 ± 0.02 c 22.49 ± 1.43 a 22.09 ± 1.46 a 26.84 ± 0.43 c
pH 10 88.15 ± 0.53 a −0.40 ± 0.01 b 25.08 ± 2.17 b 24.88 ± 2.00 b 25.89 ± 0.15 b
Analysis of variance
Glycerol * NS * NS ***
pH * *** * ** NS
Interaction NS *** NS NS *

Means in the same column with different letters (a–d) are significantly different (p < 0.05). NS—not significant (p > 0.05); * p < 0.05; ** p < 0.01; *** p < 0.001.