Table 7.
Physical parameters of muscles.
| Parameters | Group | SEM | p–Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | MT02 | MT23 | |||
| Breast muscles | |||||
| pH15 | 6.27 | 6.17 | 6.30 | 0.315 | 0.218 |
| pH24 | 5.60 | 5.92 | 5.85 | 0.060 | 0.058 |
| L* | 53.4 a | 49.4 b | 50.8 ab | 0.589 | <0.05 |
| a* | 2.90 b | 5.17 a | 4.46 a | 0.284 | <0.05 |
| b* | 0.810 | 0.790 | 1.19 | 0.168 | 0.579 |
| C = [(a*)2 + (b*)2]0.5 | 3.08 b | 5.29 a | 4.71 a | 0.280 | <0.05 |
| H = log(b*/a*) | 0.290 | 0.140 | 0.300 | 0.046 | 0.327 |
| WHC (%) | 7.46 b | 11.0 a | 12.7 a | 0.970 | <0.05 |
| Thigh muscles | |||||
| pH15 | 6.02 | 6.20 | 6.05 | 0.038 | 0.114 |
| pH24 | 6.00 | 5.93 | 5.98 | 0.033 | 0.659 |
| L* | 50.7 | 51.5 | 53.2 | 0.583 | 0.190 |
| a* | 3.34 | 2.64 | 2.72 | 0.290 | 0.591 |
| b* | 0.860 | 0.390 | 0.510 | 0.248 | 0.740 |
| C = [(a*)2 + (b*)2]0.5 | 3.80 | 2.99 | 2.86 | 0.278 | 0.342 |
| H = log(b*/a*) | 0.320 | 0.135 | 0.184 | 0.106 | 0.773 |
| WHC (%) | 5.50 | 5.56 | 6.97 | 0.637 | 0.644 |
C—control, MT02—milk thistle (0%/2%—starter/grower), MT23—milk thistle (2%/3%–starter/grower), SEM—standard error of mean, n = 10, ab—means with different superscripts within a row are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05, L*—lightness, a*—redness, b*—yellowness, C—chroma, H—hue, WHC—water holding capacity.