Table 6.
Least squares means and SD for physicochemical traits of chicken leg muscles.
| Indicators | Group |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1, Control | 2, Halloysite | 3, Zeolite | |
| Color | |||
| L∗ | 52.3 ± 2.8 | 52.6 ± 1.6 | 51.2 ± 2.5 |
| a∗ | 4.4b ± 0.9 | 5.4a ±1.7 | 5.0a ± 1.4 |
| b∗ | 3.5b ± 2.4 | 3.9a ±1.9 | 3.6b ± 1.3 |
| Water-holding capacity (%) | 34.6b ± 4.2 | 33.1b ± 2.7 | 39.2a ±8.7 |
| Protein (%) | 18.8b ± 0.08 | 18.9a,b ± 0.02 | 19.0a ±0.1 |
| Fat (%) | 8.0a ±0.04 | 7.2c ±0.03 | 7.7b ±0.05 |
| Water (%) | 72.5b ± 0.06 | 73.1a ±0.1 | 72.6b ± 0.05 |
| Collagen (%) | 1.5a ±0.07 | 1.4b ± 0.03 | 1.4b ± 0.1 |
| Salt (%) | 0.3b ± 0.04 | 1.2a ±0.8 | 0.3b ± 0.03 |
a,bMeans within a row lacking a common superscript differ, P < 0.05; lack of letters in some values means that no significant differences were found, P > 0.05.