Table 1. Physicochemical traits of pork loin by two aging conditions

	Condition	Aging period (d)
	Condition	0	7	14	SEM	ANOVA
pH	Dry	5.94^a	5.88^Aa	5.70^b	0.039	P^***
	Wet	5.94^a	5.68^Bb	5.74^b	0.043	P×C^**
	SEM	0.032	0.046	0.010
Moisture (%)	Dry	70.81^b	71.50^Aa	71.26^ab	0.121	P^*
	Wet	70.81	69.82^B	70.70	0.260	P×C^*
	SEM	0.062	0.395	0.333
Water holding capacity (%)	Dry	63.17^b	78.21^a	78.87 ^a	2.607	P^***
	Wet	63.17^b	79.21^a	74.97^b	2.442	P×C^*
	SEM	0.604	0.439	1.126
Drip loss (%)	Dry	16.06^a	3.84^Bb	0.48^Bc	2.376	P^***
	Wet	16.06^a	6.50^Ab	6.16^Ab	1.648	C^***
	SEM	0.406	0.705	1.270		P×C^***
TBARS (mg MDA/kg)¹⁾	Dry	0.19^c	0.24^b	0.48^Aa	0.041	P^***
	Wet	0.24	0.24	0.21^B	0.009	C^***
	SEM	0.012	0.004	0.062		P×C^***
Total plate counts (Log₁₀ colony forming unit/g)	Dry	2.28^b	2.88^b	3.89^a	0.666	P^**
	Wet	2.26^c	3.08^b	3.86^a	0.745
	SEM	0.009	0.066	0.048

2-Thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) (milligrams of malonaldehyde (MDA) per kg).
Means in the same row within the same aging condition with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
Means in the same column within the same aging period with different letters are significantly different (p<0.05).
p<0.05,
p<0.01,
p<0.001.
ANOVA, two-way ANOVA analysis among the treatments; C, condition; P, aging period.