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Table 4.

Color changes of L* and a* from fresh-cut pears of twelve treatments during 7 days at 4 °C

Time (days)	Pomegranate juice (PJ)	Kiwifruit juice (KJ)	Grape juice (GJ)	PJ + KJ (1:1)	PJ + GJ (1:1)	GJ + KJ (1:1)	Pomegranate extract	Kiwifruit extract	Grape extract	Pomegranate by-product extract	Chitosan	Control
L* (lightness)
0	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab	85^ab
3	78^de	82^a–e	86^ab	80^b–e	86^a	79^cde	85^ab	84^abc	84^abc	84^abc	82^a–d	83^a–d
7	72^f	83^a–d	83^a–d	76^ef	83^a–d	72^f	80^b–e	80^b–e	81^a–e	81^a–e	83^a–d	81^a–e
a*(− green to +red)
0	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi	− 11^hi
3	2^b	− 9^fgh	− 9^fgh	− 6^de	− 13ⁱ	− 5^d	− 9^fgh	− 9^fgh	− 12ⁱ	− 10^ghi	− 10^ghi	− 13ⁱ
7	5^a	− 9^fgh	− 6^def	− 5^de	− 10^ghi	00^c	− 6^def	− 8^efg	− 11^hi	− 9^fgh	− 12ⁱ	− 5^d

Data followed by the same letters are not significantly different at 5% level of probability using least significant differences test