Table 1. Effect of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) on the oxidative stability of rabbit myofibrillar proteins.

Items	Free thiol group (μmol/g)	Hydrophobicity (BPB, μg)	Dityrosine (FI, a.u.)
Control	474.3	57.87	735.3
Control+TMP	497.0a	55.73	705.8a
Oxidation	353.8B	81.68B	1,527B
Oxidation+TMP	438.2X	66.46X	1,054X
SEM	5.685	2.154	13.80
p-values
TMP	<0.001	0.001	<0.001
Oxidation	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Interaction	<0.001	0.009	<0.001

^aStatistically different from Control treatment: p<0.05

^Bp<0.01.

^XStatistically different from Oxidation treatment: p<0.01.

BPB, bromophenol blue; FI, fluorescence intensity.