Table 3. Volatile basic nitrogen (VBN, mg/100 g) and thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS, mg MDA/kg) of pork loin, beef loin and chicken breast with various wet aging periods
Traits | Samples | Wet aging period (week) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
VBN (mg/100 g) | Pork loin | 2.76±0.13b | 2.99±0.13ab | 3.21±0.13a | 3.02±0.11a | 2.84±0.13a |
Beef loin | 2.91±0.09a | 2.91±0.18a | 2.91±0.00a |
Chicken breast | 2.76±0.47c | 3.88±0.34b | 6.42±0.13a |
TBARS (mg MDA/kg) | Pork loin | 0.22±0.00b | 0.24±0.02a | 0.23±0.00a | 0.29±0.00ab | 0.30±0.02a |
Beef loin | 0.26±0.01b | 0.27±0.01ab | 0.28±0.03ab |
Chicken breast | 0.23±0.00b | 0.25±0.00a | 0.25±0.01a |
All Values represented as mean±SD.
Values in a row with different superscripts differ significantly (p<0.05).
MDA, malondialdehyde.