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Table 1 Colorimetric analysis of halved aronia berries after temperature cycling1

From: Refrigerated and frozen storage impact aronia berry quality

No. of temperature cycles

L*

a*

b*

0

22.0 ± 4.3a

20.2 ± 0.1a

8.79 ± 0.96a

6

16.2 ± 2.3b

13.1 ± 1.2b

5.56 ± 0.82b

12

13.2 ± 1.9b,c

11.3 ± 1.1c

4.66 ± 0.91c

18

12.1 ± 0.6c

10.8 ± 1.1c

3.87 ± 0.37c,d

24

9.99 ± 0.56c

9.59 ± 0.73d

3.30 ± 0.18d

  1. 1Data are means ± standard deviation of n = 4 aliquots aronia plants, with duplicate analysis for each plant. Data were analyzed by one-way ANOVA with Tukey’s multiple comparison test P < 0.05. Identical letters in the same column indicate values are not significantly different