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Table 2. Effects of dry-aging on quality characteristics in the boneless bovine gluteus medius and bone-in infraspinatus muscles from KNHS meat.

Items	Gluteus medius		Infraspinatus		SEM¹⁾	p-value
Items	Un-aged	Aged	Un-aged	Aged	SEM¹⁾	p-value
CIE L*	36.84^b	37.73^b	42.15^a	36.54^b	0.779	0.0138
CIE a*	18.98	22.08	19.76	20.55	1.135	0.3592
CIE b*	6.21^c	7.91^bc	9.59^ab	11.70^a	0.792	0.0081
pH	5.39^b	5.49^ab	5.42^b	5.56^a	0.030	0.0239
WHC (%)	74.16^b	96.72^a	71.91^b	94.34^a	1.388	< .0001

¹⁾

n=12.

^a–c

Mean values with different letters in row differ significantly (p < 0.05).

KNHS, Korean Native Hanwoo Steer; WHC, water-holding capacity.