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. 2020 Nov 11;25(22):5260. doi: 10.3390/molecules25225260

Table 3.

Moisture content (%) of Atlantic horse mackerel burgers coated with different film formulations (control without coating film, chitosan, sea fennel plant (SFP) incorporated in a chitosan-based film and sea fennel extract (SFE) incorporated in a chitosan-based film) and stored at 4 °C for 12 days.

Storage (Days)
Edible Coating 0 4 8 12
Control A 77.27 ± 2.08 b A 74.56 ± 0.75 b A 74.69 ± 0.35 b A 73.69 ± 2.04 a
Chitosan B 74.16 ± 0.47 ab A 72.67 ± 0.54 a B 74.13 ± 0.25 b AB 73.70 ± 0.37 a
SFP A 71.90 ± 0.21 a A 71.72 ± 0.46 a B 72.86 ± 0.08 a C 73.73 ± 0.00 a
SFE A 72.61 ± 0.74 a A 72.67 ± 0.45 a A 72.93 ± 0.21 a A 73.29 ± 0.40 a

Values (mean ± standard deviation, n = 3) followed by a different uppercase letter in the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05). Values (mean ± standard deviation, n = 3) followed by a different lowercase letter in the same column are significantly different (p < 0.05).