Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture

Table 1 Color values of longan pericarp fumigated with thymol and control stored at 25 ± 2 °C

From: Antioxidant activity of thymol essential oil and inhibition of polyphenol oxidase enzyme: a case study on the enzymatic browning of harvested longan fruit

	Treatments	Storage time (days)
		0	2	4	6	8
L*	Thymol	64.84 ± 1.29a	65.62 ± 4.57a	57.31 ± 0.72a	55.62 ± 2.48a	42.62 ± 1.18a
L*	Control	63.01 ± 1.67a	59.75 ± 3.88b	51.15 ± 2.31b	39.60 ± 4.99b	‒
a*	Thymol	0.99 ± 0.60a	1.83 ± 0.37a	1.69 ± 0.56a	2.82 ± 0.67a	5.09 ± 0.35a
a*	Control	1.22 ± 0.18a	1.56 ± 0.11a	2.34 ± 0.58a	3.07 ± 1.25a	‒
b*	Thymol	38.32 ± 0.69a	36.47 ± 2.76a	30.68 ± 1.43a	28.65 ± 1.78a	19.80 ± 0.80a
b*	Control	38.20 ± 0.68a	32.54 ± 1.24a	27.90 ± 1.28a	17.18 ± 1.81b	‒
C*	Thymol	38.35 ± 0.69a	36.52 ± 2.74a	30.74 ± 1.47a	28.81 ± 1.82a	20.47 ± 0.76a
C*	Control	38.22 ± 0.68a	32.59 ± 1.24a	28.02 ± 1.29a	17.48 ± 1.98b	‒
h°	Thymol	88.48 ± 0.88a	87.07 ± 0.72a	86.87 ± 0.96a	84.35 ± 1.10a	75.30 ± 0.94a
h°	Control	88.18 ± 0.26a	87.29 ± 0.22a	85.02 ± 1.27a	79.69 ± 2.92a	‒

a, b… in each column characterize the significant difference among treatments at P ≤ 0.05, (n = 9).

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