Table 3. pH and color in semi-dried restructured jerky prepared with loquat leaf extract (LE) and ascorbic acid (AA) during storage

Treatment	Storage (d)
Treatment	1	20	45	90		135	180
pH
Control	6.15±0.01^Aa	6.12±0.01^Ab	6.12±0.01^Ab	6.11±0.01^Abc		6.11±0.01^Ac	6.10±0.01^Ac
AA	6.06±0.01^Da	6.06±0.01^ca	6.06±0.01^Ba	6.06±0.01^Ba		6.06±0.01^Ba	6.01±0.01^Db
LE 0.15	6.09±0.01^Ba	6.07±0.01^BCb	6.07±0.01^Bb	6.06±0.01^Bc		6.06±0.01^Bc	6.05±0.01^Bc
LE 0.15-AA	6.05±0.01^Ea	6.04±0.01^Db	6.04±0.01^Cb	6.02±0.01^Cc		6.00±0.01^Dd	6.00±0.01^Ee
LE 0.3	6.08±0.01^Ca	6.08±0.01^Ba	6.06±0.01^Bb	6.06±0.01^Bb		6.05±0.01^Bc	6.03±0.01^Cd
LE 0.3-AA	6.04±0.01^Fa	6.03±0.01^Db	6.02±0.01^Dc	6.02±0.01^Cc		6.02±0.01^Cc	5.99±0.01^Ed
CIE L*
Control	48.72±0.38^ABe	50.31±0.19^Ad	50.65±0.18^Ad	51.57±0.18^Ac		53.22±0.21^Ab	54.18±0.17^Aa
AA	49.07±0.19^Ac	49.13±0.19^Bc	50.38±0.08^Ab	50.58±0.30^Bb		50.93±0.13^Bb	51.68±0.38^Ba
LE 0.15	47.67±0.25^CDb	48.03±0.22^Cb	49.33±0.11^Cc	49.33±0.15^Cc		50.10±0.09^Cb	51.68±0.38^Ba
LE 0.15-AA	48.14±0.08^BCc	48.23±0.09^Cc	49.29±0.14^Bb	49.66±0.31^Cb		50.34±0.18^Ca	50.46±0.30^Ca
LE 0.3	46.43±0.19^Ec	46.82±0.13^Dc	46.84±0.15^Dc	47.96±0.20^Db		48.02±0.24^Db	48.90±0.16^Da
LE 0.3-AA	47.13±0.25^DEb	47.33±0.28^Db	47.56±0.12^Eb	47.69±0.22^Db		47.48±0.09^Eb	48.30±0.18^Da
CIE a*
Control	14.63±0.12^Ba	14.35±0.18^Aa	13.80±0.07^Bb	12.92±0.22^Bc		12.48±0.15^Bc	11.65±0.27^Cd
AA	16.62±0.33^Aa	16.20±0.19^Bab	16.02±0.19^Ab	15.46±0.07^Ac		14.73±0.11^Ad	14.38±0.14^Ad
LE 0.15	11.91±0.33^Ca	11.56±0.32^Dab	11.31±0.18^Dabc	11.10±0.11^Cbc		10.74±0.07^Cc	9.52±0.05^Dd
LE 0.15-AA	14.25±0.14^Ba	13.33±0.25^Cb	13.33±0.13^Cb	12.79±0.01^Bc		12.75±0.12^Bc	12.56±0.17^Bc
LE 0.3	9.76±0.05^Ea	9.73±0.09^Fa	9.53±0.11^Fa	9.03±0.22^Eab		8.81±0.43^Db	8.73±0.27^Eb
LE 0.3-AA	10.55±0.12^D	10.54±0.04^E	10.43±0.10^E	10.40±0.10^D		10.21±0.05^C	10.04±0.38^D
CIE b*
Control	12.09±0.03^Fe	14.56±0.24^Ed	15.28±0.24^Ed	16.17±0.32^Ec		17.36±0.32^Db	18.41±0.23^Da
AA	14.63±0.36^Ec	14.83±0.14^Ec	15.80±0.25^Eb	15.95±0.16^Eb		16.64±0.29^Da	17.05±0.12^Ea
LE 0.15	15.77±0.43^Dd	16.32±0.15^Dcd	16.99±0.05^Dbc	17.27±0.11^Db		18.66±0.42^Ca	19.09±0.09^Ca
LE 0.15-AA	17.57±0.15^Cb	17.79±0.19^Cb	18.00±0.19^Cb	18.22±0.23^Cb		19.31±0.40^Ca	19.62±0.14^Ca
LE 0.3	19.76±0.17^Bc	19.90±0.11^Bc	20.01±0.07^Bc	20.30±0.24^Bbc		20.84±0.33^Bab	20.95±0.16^Ba
LE 0.3-AA	21.83±0.22^A	21.97±0.18^A	22.10±0.18^A	22.23±0.36^A		22.63±0.35^A	22.67±0.30^A
p-value	Storage	LE	AA	Storage×LE	Storage×AA	LE×AA	Storage×LE×AA
pH	***	***	***	***	***	***	***
CIE L*	***	***	***	***	***	***	*
CIE a*	***	***	***	***	**	***	NS
CIE b*	***	***	***	***	***	***	***

All values are mean±SE of three replicates.
Control, no antioxidant; AA, added 0.05% ascorbic acid; LE 0.15, added 0.15 loquat leaf extract; LE 0.15-AA, added 0.15% loquat leaf extract and 0.05% ascorbic acid; LE 0.3, added 0.3% loquat leaf extract; LE0.3-AA, added 0.3% loquat leaf extract and 0.05% ascorbic acid.
Means sharing different letters in the same column are significantly different.
Means sharing different letters in the same row are significantly different.
p<0.05
p<0.01
p<0.001.
NS, no significance.