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Table 6 Changes in TBARS (mg MDA/kg) 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

0.454fh

0.678fh

1.52eg

2.32de

3.47 cd

3.82bc

4.52ac

4.79ab

5.21a

2.98A

T2

0.245 h

0.352fh

0.372fh

0.424fh

0.473fh

0.601fh

0.642fh

0.801fh

0.924fh

0.54B

T3

0.278gh

0.361fh

0.397fh

0.421fh

0.578fh

0.594fh

0.621fh

0.723fh

0.896fh

0.54B

T4

0.321gh

0.421fh

0.521fh

0.582fh

0.678fh

0.741fh

0.787fh

0.998fh

1.61de

0.74B

T5

0.256 h

0.321gh

0.381fh

0.432fh

0.524fh

0.632fh

0.652fh

0.781fh

0.806fh

0.53B

T6

0.224fh

0.272gh

0.321gh

0.382fh

0.471fh

0.521fh

0.542fh

0.652fh

0.742fh

0.45B

Mean

0.29E

0.40E

0.58DE

0.76CDE

1.03BCD

1.15BC

1.29AB

1.46AB

1.69A

 
  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 have significant differences among treatments at a significance level of P ≤ 0.05