Table 6.

Effects of natural capsicum extract on meat quality of broilers.

Items	CON	CTC	NCE	SEM	P-value
pH at 45 min	6.47	6.74	6.50	0.10	0.12
pH at 24 h	5.66b	5.97a	5.80ab	0.08	0.04
ΔpH	0.82	0.77	0.70	0.12	0.77
L*	48.71a	48.36a	44.11b	0.91	< 0.01
a*	2.54	2.99	3.13	0.30	0.34
b*	9.18	9.69	8.79	0.41	0.36
Drip loss (%)	2.91	2.83	2.76	0.34	0.95

^abValues with different superscripts within the same row indicate a significant difference at P < 0.05.

Abbreviations: CON, control; CTC, antibiotic (chlortetracycline); NCE, natural capsicum extract; L*, lightness; a*, redness; b*, yellowness; ΔpH = pH 45 min- pH 24 h; SEM, pooled standard error of the means.