Table 6. Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances contents of thawed pork neck and chicken leg meat according to various freezing temperatures and storage periods
TBARS (mg malondialdehyde/kg) |
Sample | Storage temperature (°C) | Storage period (mon) |
Control | 0.5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Pork neck | −18 | 0.289±0.02a | 0.261±0.03abc | 0.219±0.01cB | 0.222±0.04bc | 0.255±0.01abc | 0.257±0.01abc | 0.263±0.02ab |
−50 | 0.289±0.02a | 0.298±0.04a | 0.243±0.01bcA | 0.216±0.01c | 0.223±0.03bc | 0.253±0.02abc | 0.263±0.02ab |
−60 | 0.289±0.02a | 0.288±0.02a | 0.255±0.01abA | 0.231±0.03b | 0.253±0.03ab | 0.251±0.02ab | 0.228±0.02b |
Chicken leg meat | −18 | 0.26±0.02 | 0.27±0.03 | 0.23±0.02 | 0.22±0.02 | 0.27±0.02A | 0.27±0.02 | 0.29±0.03A |
−50 | 0.26±0.02b | 0.28±0.07b | 0.28±0.06b | 0.24±0.02b | 0.25±0.03bAB | 0.26±0.02b | 0.26±0.01bB |
−60 | 0.26±0.02b | 0.25±0.02b | 0.29±0.04b | 0.23±0.02b | 0.23±0.02bB | 0.24±0.02b | 0.24±0.00bC |
Means with different letters within the same storage temperature are significantly different (p<0.05).
Means with different letters within the same storage period are significantly different (p<0.05).
TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances.