Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 6 Changes^* of total phenolic compounds and antioxidant activity in barberries packaged under different atmospheres during storage at 25 °C

From: Capability of oxygen-scavenger sachets and modified atmosphere packaging to extend fresh barberry shelf life

Characteristics	Atmosphere type	Storage day
Characteristics	Atmosphere type	7	14	21	28
Harvesting day = 197.1 ± 4.4
Phenolic compounds (mg/100 g)	Control	175.1 ± 2.7Ca	176.3 ± 2.6Aa	148.6 ± 3.1Ab	132.5 ± 6.1Ac
	N₂ gas	194.3 ± 3.9Ba	164.0 ± 2.5Bb	159.0 ± 1.9Ab	154.2 ± 14.2Ab
	Vacuum	219.6 ± 3.2Aa	177.0 ± 3.6Ab	167.4 ± 17.0Ab	160.2 ± 15.2Ab
	Oxygen scavenger	180.2 ± 5.2Ca	181.4 ± 1.7Aa	171.4 ± 3.7Aa	163.3 ± 13.3Aa
Harvesting day = 72.9 ± 2.3
RSC_DPPH (%)	Control	61.0 ± 5.5Aa	53.5 ± 6.0Aab	47.3 ± 4.5Aab	47.3 ± 4.5Aab
	N₂ gas	64.2 ± 4.1Aa	59.2 ± 6.4Aab	51.5 ± 5.5Aab	51.5 ± 5.5Aab
	Vacuum	65.9 ± 6.4Aa	53.1 ± 7.8Aab	48.2 ± 3.3Ab	48.2 ± 3.3Ab
	Oxygen scavenger	59.8 ± 6.4Aa	59.3 ± 4.4Aa	52.6 ± 8.9Aa	52.6 ± 8.9Aa
Harvesting day = 99.4 ± 4.1
FRAP (mmol/L)	Control	68.8 ± 2.0Aab	78.8 ± 10.1Aa	66.2 ± 7.8Aab	55.4 ± 9.9Ab
	N₂ gas	75.5 ± 9.2Aa	84.9 ± 10.3Aa	71.4 ± 6.5Aa	62.4 ± 12.3Aa
	Vacuum	74.3 ± 9.5Aa	72.8 ± 8.7Aa	69.7 ± 15.2Aa	62.1 ± 3.0Aa
	Oxygen scavenger	75.8 ± 3.6Aa	78.7 ± 9.6Aa	70.4 ± 11.4Aa	72.5 ± 10.5Aa

^*Mean ± standard deviation (SD)
Non-similar uppercase and lowercase letters indicate a significant difference in columns and rows, respectively, for each temperature according to Tukey test (P < 0.05)

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