. 2022 Jan 13;11(2):210. doi: 10.3390/foods11020210

Table 4.

Instrumental color in the CIE L*a*b* space.

Time of Treatment (min)	L*	a*	b*	C*	h°
0	29.20± 3.64 ^a	19.74 ± 3.75 ^a	15.20 ± 3.29 ^a	24.94 ± 4.81 ^a	37.48 ^a ± 3.14 ^a
5	26.03 ± 5.79 ^b	16.98 ± 4.76 ^a	14.49 ± 5.25 ^a	22.37 ± 6.92 ^a	39.54 ^a ±4.47 ^a
10	25.10 ± 3.27 ^b	18.23 ± 4.68 ^a	14.38 ± 3.94 ^a	23.27 ± 5.92 ^a	38.16 ^a ± 3.79 ^a
20	24.07 ± 4.52 ^b	17.45 ± 2.94 ^a	12.91 ± 2.69 ^a	21.71 ^a ± 3.93 ^a	36.35 ^a ± 1.83 ^a
30	25.92 ± 4.76 ^b	18.63 ± 2.46 ^a	14.72 ± 3.27 ^a	23.78 ^a ± 3.81 ^a	38.01 ^a ± 3.42 ^a

L*: Luminosity index; a*: Green–red color coordinate; b*: Blue–yellow color coordinate; C*: Croma; h°: Hue. Data on the same column marked with different letters are significantly different at a p < 0.05 level.