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Table 4 Changes in TMA (mg/100 g) of fish steak samples during storage at 4 °C

From: Improvement of the shelf life of grey mullet (Mugil cephalus) fish steaks using edible coatings containing chitosan, nanochitosan, and clove oil during refrigerated storage

Treatments

Storage period (day)

Mean

0

3

6

9

12

15

18

21

24

T1

0.460j

0.801j

1.45gj

5.05ce

5.10ce

6.48bd

7.14bc

8.24ab

9.82a

4.94A

T2

0.330 j

0.723 j

0.892 j

1.11hj

1.62gj

1.77gj

2.11gj

2.67fj

3.11ei

1.59C

T3

0.320 j

0.470 j

0.687 j

0.872 j

0.950ij

1.50gj

1.78gj

2.11gj

2.50gj

1.23CD

T4

0.340 j

8.20ab

1.42gj

1.72gj

2.20gj

2.73fj

3.23eh

3.52eg

4.61df

3.10B

T5

0.287 j

0.441j

0.522 j

0.651 j

0.801j

0.885 j

0.930ij

1.20hj

1.57ij

0.80D

T6

0.178 j

0.232 j

0.263 j

0.478 j

0.721 j

0.832 j

0.921j

0.941ij

1.32gj

0.76B

Mean

0.31F

1.81CD

0.87EF

1.64DE

1.89CD

2.36BCD

2.68BC

3.11AB

3.97A

 
  1. T1 Control, T2 Chitosan 2%, T3 Chitosan 2% and clove oil, T4 Clove oil, T5 Nanochitosan 2%, T6 Nanochitosan 2% and clove oil
  2. Means within the same column having different capital letters are significantly different at a significance level of P ≤ 0.05 for treatments, and means within the same row having different capital letters are significantly different for time of storage. Means within the same column having different small letters indicate significant differences among treatments at a significance level of P ≤ 0.05