Table 1. Physicochemical properties of gelatins obtained from buffalo hide pretreated with different acids

Property	CA 0.6 M^a	AC 1.5 M^a	HA 0.9 M^a	BSG^a
Moisture (%)^b	4.41 ± 0.04	11.09 ± 0.03	7.08 ± 0.04	8.40 ± 0.17
Protein (%)^b	93.73 ± 0.16	85.96 ± 0.51	91.12 ± 0.03	86.38 ± 0.02
Ash (%)^b	0.62 ± 0.06	2.67 ± 0.14	0.56 ± 0.01	0.97 ± 0.04
Gel strength (g Bloom)^ns	259.62 ±21.36	230.79 ± 24.58	240.70 ± 10.98	208.26 ± 5.06
Viscosity (cP)	24.10 ± 3.75^c	12.66 ± 0.59^e	16.98 ± 2.50^d	11.95 ± 0.61
Lightness (L*)	74.09 ± 0.41^c	74.70 ± 2.43^c	70.94 ± 1.07^d	76.16 ± 0.29
Redness (a*)	4.80 ± 0.33^c	1.16 ± 0.29^e	1.66 ± 0.12^d	2.07 ± 0.11
Yellowness (b*)	13.89 ± 0.85^e	21.41 ± 1.99^c	17.55 ± 1.97^d	26.80 ± 0.31