The Effect of Sodium Alginate Coating Containing Citrus (Citrus aurantium) and Lemon (Citrus lemon) Extracts on Quality Properties of Chicken Meat

Table 1

Changes in sensory properties of chicken fillet samples during refrigerated storage.

Sensory attributes	Treatment	Storage time (day)
		0	4	8	12	16
Taste	Con	8.77 ± 0.24^Aa	7.01 ± 0.22^Bd
	ALG	8.81 ± 0.19^Aa	7.79 ± 0.30^Bc
	ALG + CAE	8.86 ± 0.14^Aa	8.40 ± 0.14^Bb
	ALG + CLE	8.88 ± 0.13^Aa	8.56 ± 0.18^Aab
	ALG + CAE + CLE	8.92 ± 0.09^Aa	8.91 ± 0.09^Aa
Texture	Con	8.76 ± 0.20^Aa	8.67 ± 0.15^Ac	7.53 ± 0.14^Bd	6.14 ± 0.14^Cc	3.82 ± 0.25^Dd
	ALG	8.85 ± 0.14^Aa	8.72 ± 0.07^Abc	7.53 ± 0.20^Bd	6.34 ± 0.15^Cc	4.04 ± 0.15^Dd
	ALG + CAE	8.84 ± 0.14^Aa	8.88 ± 0.13^Abc	7.95 ± 0.17^Bc	6.96 ± 0.20^Cb	5.35 ± 0.16^Dc
	ALG + CLE	8.79 ± 0.20^Aa	8.87 ± 0.14^Abc	8.26 ± 0.14^Bb	7.04 ± 0.14^Cb	5.76 ± 0.14^Db
	ALG + CAE + CLE	8.88 ± 0.14^Aa	8.95 ± 0.04^Ab	8.84 ± 0.16^Aa	7.84 ± 0.20^Ba	6.32 ± 0.07^Ca
Color	Con	8.70 ± 0.29^Aa	8.53 ± 0.15^Ab	7.57 ± 0.14^Bc	5.31 ± 0.15^Cc	2.79 ± 0.30^Dd
	ALG	8.80 ± 0.18^Aa	8.77 ± 0.13^Aa	8.04 ± 0.17^Bb	6.27 ± 0.14^Cb	3.88 ± 0.27^Dc
	ALG + CAE	8.82 ± 0.17^Aa	8.84 ± 0.15^Aa	8.36 ± 0.14^Bab	7.24 ± 0.18^Ca	5.63 ± 0.15^Db
	ALG + CLE	8.81 ± 0.17^ABa	8.88 ± 0.12^Aa	8.46 ± 0.29^Ba	7.25 ± 0.25^Ca	5.60 ± 0.20^Db
	ALG + CAE + CLE	8.86 ± 0.11^Aa	8.93 ± 0.08^Aa	8.57 ± 0.13^Ba	7.59 ± 0.18^Ca	6.68 ± 0.22^Da
Odor	Con	8.31 ± 0.19^Ab	7.26 ± 0.27^Bb	6.54 ± 0.23^Cc	5.03 ± 0.21^Dc	2.37 ± 0.26^Ec
	ALG	8.68 ± 0.12^Aa	7.49 ± 0.18^Bb	6.86 ± 0.16^Cb	5.21 ± 0.25^Dc	2.69 ± 0.17^Ec
	ALG + CAE	8.85 ± 0.15^Aa	8.44 ± 0.29^Ba	8.00 ± 0.10^Ca	6.82 ± 0.16^Db	5.58 ± 0.17^Eb
	ALG + CLE	8.79 ± 0.26^Aa	8.66 ± 0.15^Aa	8.09 ± 0.13^Ba	6.80 ± 0.23^Cab	5.60 ± 0.24^Db
	ALG + CAE + CLE	8.89 ± 0.12^Aa	8.82 ± 0.17^Aa	8.21 ± 0.10^Ba	7.22 ± 0.20^Ca	6.43 ± 0.19^Da
Overall	Con	8.68 ± 0.23^Aa	7.58 ± 0.26^Bb	6.21 ± 0.11^Cc	4.82 ± 0.28^Dd	2.80 ± 0.27^Ed
	ALG	8.68 ± 0.26^Aa	8.14 ± 0.16^Ba	6.78 ± 0.12^Cb	5.99 ± 0.12^Dc	3.58 ± 0.21^Ec
	ALG + CAE	8.81 ± 0.11^Aa	8.31 ± 0.20^Ba	7.52 ± 0.16^Ca	6.87 ± 0.14^Db	5.26 ± 0.19^Eb
	ALG + CLE	8.71 ± 0.28^Aa	8.31 ± 0.12^Ba	7.55 ± 0.16^Ca	7.22 ± 0.11^Ca	5.49 ± 0.29^Db
	ALG + CAE + CLE	8.78 ± 0.27^Aa	8.28 ± 0.14^Ba	7.73 ± 0.20^Ca	7.47 ± 0.15^Ca	6.33 ± 0.21^Da

The mean ± SD (standard deviation) within columns with different capital letters and rows with different small letters differs significantly ().