Table 3.
Inactivation rates of L. casei immobilized in plasticized synbiotic DFG and stored either in chilled or room-temperature conditions.
| Synbiotic Film | k 4 °C (%/day−1) |
Estimated Shelf- Life * at 4 °C |
R2 | k 25 °C (%/day−1) |
Estimated Shelf- Life at 25 °C |
R2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | 1.14 ± 0.09 c | 78 | 0.95 | 4.49 ± 0.12 b | 20 | 0.95 |
| Syn-DFG/Dex | 0.9 ± 0.05 b | 99 | 0.96 | 3.33 ± 0.08 a | 27 | 0.97 |
| Syn-DFG/Poly | 0.9 ± 0.03 b | 99 | 0.97 | 4.28 ± 0.05 b | 21 | 0.97 |
| Syn-DFG/GA | 0.8 ± 0.04 a | 111 | 0.97 | 3.1 ± 0.07 a | 29 | 0.99 |
| Syn-DFG/SS | 0.95 ± 0.08 b | 94 | 0.95 | 4.31 ± 0.11 b | 21 | 0.97 |
a–c Different letter between rows indicate significantly different values (p < 0.05) according to Duncan’s post hoc means-comparison test. Data are presented as mean ± SD (n = 3). *: Shelf-life mentions to the time needed to induce the fate of the 90% of total viable cells of L. casei.