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Table 8 Changes in psychrotrophic bacteria (log cfu/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

2.72mp

4.46fo

5.38dj

6.48af

6.83ae

7.41ad

7.52ac

8.21ab

8.56a

6.39A

T2

2.51op

2.92lp

2.42op

3.81hp

4.51fo

4.82em

5.30dk

6.11bg

6.51af

4.32B

T3

2.50op

2.85lp

3.17lp

3.42jp

3.79hp

4.41fo

4.82em

5.42cj

6.30bg

4.07BC

T4

2.68np

3.20kp

3.43jp

3.81hp

4.30fo

4.72en

5.60ci

6.40bf

6.73ae

4.54B

T5

1.71p

2.63np

3.01lp

3.53ip

3.84hp

4.42fo

4.93el

5.41cj

5.97fn

3.93BC

T6

1.65p

2.42op

2.73mp

3.41jp

3.72hp

3.93hp

4.21go

4.83el

5.81ch

3.64C

Mean

2.29H

3.08G

3.35FG

4.07EF

4.52DE

4.95CD

5.39BC

6.08AB

6.64A

 
  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