Skip to main content

Table 4 Effect of ClEO and their combination with BHT on pH and TBARS (mg of malonaldehyde equivalents per kg of sample (mg/kg) of raw minced meat beef during storage at 4 °C

From: Citrus lemon essential oil: chemical composition, antioxidant and antimicrobial activities with its preservative effect against Listeria monocytogenes inoculated in minced beef meat

Days of storage at 4 °C

 

0

2

4

8

10

pH

 C

5.66 ± 0.26a

5.82 ± 0.26a

6.37 ± 0.19a

6.85 ± 0.25a

7.0 ± 0.24a

 T1

5.59 ± 0.21a

5.67 ± 0.24a

6.03 ± 0.18a

6.21 ± 0.18b

6.24 ± 0.26b

 T2

5.57 ± 0.22a

5.62 ± 0.18a

6.1 ± 0.17a

6.17 ± 0.17b

6.19 ± 0.22b

 T3

5.52 ± 0.22a

5.62 ± 0.14a

6 ± 0.15a

6.1 ± 0.18b

6.17 ± 0.23b

 T4

5.57 ± 0.18a

5.62 ± 0.2a

5.9 ± 0.21a

6.05 ± 0.21c

6.10 ± 0.25c

TBARS

 C

0.2 ± 0.14a

0.88 ± 0.18a

1.57 ± 0.19a

2.31 ± 0.3a

3.96 ± 0.15a

 T1

0.2 ± 0.08a

0.6 ± 0.12b

0.9 ± 0.13b

1.33 ± 0.3a

1.8 ± 0.15b

 T2

0.18 ± 02a

0.4 ± 0.1c

0.75 ± 0.2b

0.83 ± 0.2b

1.7 ± 0.13b

 T3

0.20 ± 0.14a

0.34 ± 0.12c

0.35 ± 0.16c

0.66 ± 0.21c

1.1 ± 0.11c

 T4

0.19 + 0.19a

0.22 + 0.1d

0.28 + 0.3c

0.33 + 0.16d

0.55 ± 0.12d

  1. ±: Standard Error
  2. a-dAverages with different letters in the same column, for each parameter, are different (P < 0.05); C (Control), T1 (EO: 0.06%), T2 (EO: 0.312%), T3 (BHT: 0.01%), T4 (EO 0.312% and BHT 0.01%)