. 2021 Aug 8;10(8):1834. doi: 10.3390/foods10081834

Table 1.

Effect of combined treatment on L*, a*, b* values in soft fresh produce during 7 days of storage at 10 °C.

Treatments	Storage Time	Strawberry			Baby Leaves			Sliced Onion
Treatments	Storage Time	L*	a*	b*	L*	a*	b*	L*	a*	b*
Control	0 d	33.90 ± 0.86 ^a	35.17 ± 0.88 ^ab	15.68 ± 0.54 ^a	35.26 ± 1.19 ^c	−9.96 ± 0.46 ^a	11.18 ± 0.14 ^e	63.00 ± 1.14 ^a	−1.07 ± 0.12 ^a	3.26 ± 0.05 ^d
	4 d	34.59 ± 1.57 ^a	24.36 ± 1.23 ^c	13.11 ± 1.39 ^bc	43.07 ± 4.01 ^b	−10.18 ± 0.15 ^a	15.28 ± 0.80 ^b	62.85 ± 0.91 ^a	−1.12 ± 0.13 ^a	6.25 ± 0.30 ^b
	7 d	33.84 ± 1.06 ^a	9.71 ± 0.77 ^d	11.20 ± 0.20 ^d	62.74 ± 3.33 ^a	−9.96 ± 0.54 ^a	28.87 ± 0.13 ^a	62.70 ± 0.62 ^a	−1.14 ± 0.02 ^a	8.74 ± 0.18 ^a
100 SAEW	0 d	34.68 ± 0.84 ^a	35.57 ± 0.47 ^a	16.10 ± 0.38 ^a	34.28 ± 2.18 ^c	−10.07 ± 0.57 ^a	11.79 ± 0.59 ^de	62.01 ± 0.40 ^ab	−1.05 ± 0.10 ^a	3.36 ± 0.33 ^d
	4 d	35.06 ± 0.79 ^a	23.05 ± 4.39 ^c	13.63 ± 0.79 ^b	35.60 ± 3.56 ^c	−9.97 ± 0.34 ^a	14.79 ± 0.89 ^b	62.31 ± 0.84 ^a	−1.14 ± 0.06 ^a	6.34 ± 0.37 ^b
	7 d	35.07 ± 0.90 ^a	9.54 ± 0.90 ^d	11.76 ± 0.27 ^d	59.07 ± 1.31 ^a	−10.52 ± 0.47 ^a	28.13 ± 1.43 ^a	61.97 ± 0.54 ^ab	−1.16 ± 0.16 ^a	8.66 ± 0.89 ^a
100 SAEW + UVC LED	0 d	34.57 ± 0.92 ^a	35.33 ± 0.63 ^a	15.92 ± 0.72 ^a	34.10 ± 0.23 ^c	−10.24 ± 0.36 ^a	11.08 ± 0.68 ^e	61.25 ± 1.29 ^ab	−1.06 ± 0.12 ^a	3.50 ± 0.20 ^d
	4 d	34.11 ± 0.39 ^a	34.17 ± 0.60 ^ab	13.07 ± 0.37 ^bc	36.94 ± 0.84 ^c	−9.96 ± 0.22 ^a	12.94 ± 0.35 ^cd	61.72 ± 1.42 ^ab	−1.09 ± 0.13 ^a	4.94 ± 0.53 ^c
	7 d	34.33 ± 0.79 ^a	31.53 ± 1.10 ^b	11.76 ± 0.27 ^cd	35.99 ± 1.74 ^c	−9.53 ± 0.50 ^a	13.64 ± 0.89 ^bc	60.14 ± 0.51 ^b	−1.24 ± 0.06 ^a	6.12 ± 0.35 ^b

L* = lightness, a* = red-greenness, b* = blue-yellowness. Control, no extra wash with sanitizer; 100 SAEW, aerosolization with 100 ppm SAEW; 100 SAEW + UVC LED, aerosolization with 100 ppm SAEW and UVC LED irradiation (275 nm) for 3 min. ^a–e Different letters in the same column indicate significant differences measured by Duncan’s multiple tests at (p < 0.05).