Table 3. Effect of tetramethylpyrazine (TMP) on water distribution in heat-induced rabbit myofibrillar protein gels.

Items	Bound (%)	Immobilized (%)	Free (%)
Control	2.77	92.09	4.97
Control+TMP	3.67A	92.69	3.60A
Oxidation	0.83B	85.74B	13.51B
Oxidation+TMP	2.32X	92.02X	5.86X
SEM	0.076	0.317	0.297
p-values
TMP	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Oxidation	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Interaction	0.004	<0.001	<0.001

^aStatistically different from Control treatment: p<0.05

^Bp<0.01.

^XStatistically different from Oxidation treatment: p<0.01.