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. 2022 Mar 16;17(3):e0265457. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0265457

Table 4. TTS, TA, and ascorbic acid contents of guava at different storage time with different treatments.

Time (d) TTS (%) TA (%) Ascorbic acid (mg/100 g)
ɛ-PL broth ɛ-PL solution Distilled water ɛ-PL broth ɛ-PL solution Distilled water ɛ-PL broth ɛ-PL solution Distilled water
0 8.20±0.34a 8.20±0.34a 8.20±0.34a 0.35±0.02a 0.35±0.02a 0.35±0.02a 83.21±3.84a 83.21±3.84a 83.21±3.84a
1 8.24±0.23b 8.21±0.18b 8.43 ±0.22a 0.33±0.03a 0.34±0.02a 0.31±0.03a 71.38±3.16a 73.26±3.24a 72.65±3.52a
3 8.42±0.32b 8.31±0.21b 8.87±0.24a 0.27±0.02b 0.29±0.01a 0.25±0.02c 58.46±2.78b 61.10±3.27a 55.60±2.47a
5 8.53±0.25b 8.43±0.26b 9.12 ±0.35a 0.24±0.03b 0.28±0.02a 0.20±0.03c 50.65±2.88a 53.45±3.14a 42.10±2.34b
7 8.74±0.22bc 8.51±0.23c 9.52±0.28a 0.18±0.01b 0.21±0.03a 0.14±0.01c 46.44±2.54a 46.51±2.22a 36.47±1.98b

ɛ-PL concentration was 200 mg/L in the broth and ɛ-PL solution; values followed by the same letters within the same row for each quality parameter are not significantly different (P < 0.05); data represents as the mean ± standard deviation (n = 3).