Table 3.
Changes in pH, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs), total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N) and pH values of different coating treatments of chicken breast fillets during different storage days at 4 °C.
| Treatments | Storage Days | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 15 | ||
| pH | Ch_0%—YEO_0% | 5.86 c,A | 6.00 c,A | 6.13 c,A | 6.19 c,A | 6.78 b,A | 6.96 b,A | 7.26 a,A |
| (0.19) | (0.18) | (0.11) | (0.10) | (0.15) | (0.12) | (0.19) | ||
| Ch_2%—YEO_0% | 5.33 d,B | 5.46 d,B | 5.55 d,B | 5.65 d,B | 6.17 c,B | 6.54 b,B | 6.89 a,B | |
| (0.17) | (0.14) | (0.12) | (0.10) | (0.15) | (0.10) | (0.12) | ||
| Ch_0%—YEO_0.3% | 5.94 c,A | 6.05 c,A | 6.10 c,A | 6.21 c,A | 6.75 b,A | 6.86 b,A | 7.15 a,A | |
| (0.11) | (0.15) | (0.13) | (0.11) | (0.12) | (0.09) | (0.13) | ||
| Ch_2%—YEO_0.3% | 5.42 b,C | 5.40 b,C | 5.51 ab,C | 5.43 a,C | 5.54 a,C | 5.65 a,C | 5.56 a,C | |
| (0.12) | (0.15) | (0.13) | (0.18) | (0.12) | (0.15) | (0.17) | ||
| TBARs (mg MDA/kg) | Ch_0%—YEO_0% | 0.34 d,A | 0.37 d,A | 0.41 d,A | 0.45 d,A | 0.62 c,A | 0.70 b,A | 0.94 a,A |
| (0.04) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.06) | ||
| Ch_2%—YEO_0% | 0.33 d,A | 0.36 d,A | 0.38 d,A | 0.42 d,A | 0.53 c,B | 0.60 b,B | 0.71 a,B | |
| (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.06) | ||
| Ch_0%—YEO_0.3% | 0.36 d,A | 0.37 d,A | 0.43 d,A | 0.45 d,A | 0.59 c,B | 0.69 b,A | 0.89 a,A | |
| (0.02) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.06) | (0.03) | (0.03) | (0.06) | ||
| Ch_2%—YEO_0.3% | 0.35 a,A | 0.34 a,A | 0.33 a,B | 0.37 a,B | 0.37 a,C | 0.37 a,C | 0.40 a,C | |
| (0.06) | (0.03) | (0.02) | (0.04) | (0.03) | (0.04) | (0.04) | ||
| TVB-N (mg/100 g) | Ch_0%—YEO_0% | 12.91 d,A | 14.06 d,A | 18.58 c,A | 19.82 c,A | 29.87 b,A | 31.12 b,A | 35.20 a,A |
| (1.25) | (1.93) | (1.55) | (1.82) | (1.13) | (1.08) | (1.14) | ||
| Ch_2%—YEO_0% | 11.89 d,A | 13.90 d,A | 17.52 c,A | 17.77 c,A | 27.50 b,A | 31.08 a,A | 33.51 a,B | |
| (1.12) | (1.84) | (1.65) | (1.73) | (1.94) | (1.50) | (1.54) | ||
| Ch_0%—YEO_0.3% | 12.12 d,A | 14.12 d,A | 17.93 c,A | 18.21 c,A | 28.80 b,A | 32.53 a,A | 33.52 a,B | |
| (0.94) | (1.24) | (1.33) | (1.20) | (1.90) | (2.13) | (1.62) | ||
| Ch_2%—YEO_0.3% | 12.55 a,A | 12.68 a,A | 13.40 a,B | 13.96 a,B | 14.15 a,B | 14.75 a,B | 15.36 a,C | |
| (1.54) | (1.43) | (1.94) | (1.60) | (0.95) | (1.84) | (1.82) | ||
Data are presented in mean (n = 3). SD values are given in parentheses below the means. Different lower-case and upper-case letters indicate significant (p < 0.05) differences between the means in the same rows and columns, respectively.