Table 4. Effect of different aging temperature on thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS, mg malonedialdehyde/kg meat) values of pork shoulder treated by electron beam irradiation
Storage (days) | Temperature (°C) | TBARS (mg malonedialdehyde/kg meat) |
Control | Irradiated (2 kGy) | SEM1) |
0 | | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.01 |
2 | 2 | 0.28c | 0.30b | 0.01 |
10 | 0.32b | 0.31b | 0.00 |
25 | 0.36a | 0.38a | 0.02 |
SEM2) | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
4 | 2 | 0.31b | 0.31b | 0.01 |
10 | 0.31b | 0.33b | 0.01 |
25 | 0.37a | 0.38a | 0.01 |
SEM2) | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
8 | 2 | 0.31c | 0.33c | 0.01 |
10 | 0.36by | 0.40bx | 0.01 |
25 | 0.41ay | 0.44ax | 0.01 |
SEM | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
n=12,
n=24.
Values with different letters within the same column differ significantly (p<0.05).
Values with different letters within the same row differ significantly (p<0.05).
TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substance.