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Table 3.

TBA, water activity (a_w), penetrometer values and lactic acid bacteria counts of samples

Factors	n	TBA	a_w	Penetrometer	Lactic acid bacteria
Treatment (A)
0% PA(control)	8	0.29 ± 0.02^c	0.84 ± 0.08^a	126.31 ± 55.08^a	5.56 ± 0.42^b
1.0% PA	8	0.28 ± 0.05^d	0.84 ± 0.05^a	121.40 ± 55.98^b	5.74 ± 0.25^a
2.5% PA	8	0.30 ± 0.04^b	0.84 ± 0.05^a	107.84 ± 42.49^c	5.79 ± 0.25^a
5.0% PA	8	0.32 ± 0.05^a	0.84 ± 0.05^a	98.41 ± 36.09^d	5.81 ± 0.23^a
Significance		*	ns	**	*
Ripening day (B)
0	8	0.24 ± 0.02^d	0.91 ± 0.02^a	189.02 ± 26.34^a	5.30 ± 0.24^c
7	8	0.30 ± 0.04^c	0.87 ± 0.01^b	97.08 ± 8.22^b	5.90 ± 0.22^a
14	8	0.32 ± 0.02^b	0.81 ± 0.01^c	91.92 ± 8.01^c	5.94 ± 0.01^a
21	8	0.37 ± 0.03^a	0.79 ± 0.02^d	75.94 ± 5.81^d	5.82 ± 0.04^b
Significance		**	**	**	**
Interaction significance A × B		**	**	**	**

Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation

Means within a column with different letters are significantly different **(P < 0.01), *(P < 0.05)

ns not significant