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Table 4.

Effects of litchi flower powders on thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS), thiol-group contents, centrifugation loss (%), and purge loss (%) of pork meatballs during the storage period.

Storage period (wk)	Treatment	TBARS (nmole MDA eq. g⁻¹ meatball)	Thiol group (nmole g⁻¹ meatball)	Storage period (wk)	Centrifugation loss (%)	Storage period (wk)	Purge loss (%)
0	Control	252.09 ± 2.58^a	34.44 ± 0.50^c	0	9.16 ± 0.37^a	1	0.95 ± 0.10^a
	TBHQ	92.99 ± 2.90^c	36.39 ± 0.23^b		6.32 ± 0.19^b		0.32 ± 0.07^b
	LF0.5	81.68 ± 3.01^d	38.06 ± 0.17^a		5.04 ± 0.47^c		0.36 ± 0.04^b
	LF1.0	103.14 ± 2.35^b	36.31 ± 0.24^b		4.63 ± 0.70^c		0.35 ± 0.06^b
	LF1.5	89.91 ± 1.88^c	36.08 ± 0.18^b		3.92 ± 0.28^c		0.48 ± 0.05^b
2	Control	296.16 ± 2.46^a	30.57 ± 0.36^d	2	7.80 ± 0.55^a	2	3.03 ± 0.34^a
	TBHQ	90.26 ± 2.00^c	33.33 ± 0.35^b		4.60 ± 0.35^b		0.60 ± 0.13^c
	LF0.5	75.74 ± 1.63^e	35.51 ± 0.51^a		5.06 ± 0.19^b		0.85 ± 0.13^bc
	LF1.0	113.06 ± 2.42^b	32.19 ± 0.17^c		5.30 ± 0.36^b		0.71 ± 0.08^bc
	LF1.5	83.68 ± 1.11^d	33.57 ± 0.34^b		4.48 ± 0.24^b		1.21 ± 0.10^b
4	Control	299.45 ± 4.45^a	25.57 ± 0.22^c	4	6.44 ± 0.73^a
	TBHQ	100.60 ± 1.85^c	29.81 ± 0.31^a		4.58 ± 0.38^bc
	LF0.5	73.10 ± 1.26^e	30.28 ± 0.13^a		5.74 ± 0.40^ab
	LF1.0	108.12 ± 1.87^b	26.63 ± 0.43^b		4.96 ± 0.39^bc
	LF1.5	86.97 ± 1.32^d	27.18 ± 0.26^b		3.75 ± 0.22^c

Data are presented as mean ± standard error of the mean (n = 8).

^a–d

Mean values within a column in each storage period that are not followed by a common letter are significantly different (p < 0.05).