Research Article

Acerola Fruit as a Possible Antimelanotic Agent in White Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei)

Table 2

Results (mean ± SD) from TVB-N, TMA, and pH analyses on samples of white shrimp (L. vannamei) packaged in air and stored at 5 ± 1°C for 21 days.

DaysTVB-N (mg N 100 g−1)TMA (mg N 100 g−1)pH
Group CGroup MGroup AGroup CGroup MGroup AGroup CGroup MGroup A

024.7 ± 3.0529.5 ± 3.0523.9 ± 4.142.3 ± 0.492.7 ± 1.212.4 ± 0.546.19 ± 0.116.13 ± 0.146.32 ± 0.21
324.1 ± 1.7424.2 ± 1.8624.3 ± 0.341.5 ± 1.021.8 ± 0.621.5 ± 0.897.67 ± 0.077.59 ± 0.047.54 ± 0.05
623.9 ± 0.4626.1 ± 2.0324.4 ± 4.592.2 ± 0.182.0 ± 0.311.5 ± 0.077.88 ± 0.087.94 ± 0.138.15 ± 0.12
923.1 ± 0.4627.7 ± 0.4624.9 ± 1.402.3 ± 0.781.0 ± 0.071.5 ± 0.277.80 ± 0.107.65 ± 0.147.71 ± 0.13
1224.9 ± 0.8029.8 ± 5.2826.9 ± 0.461.8 ± 0.471.1 ± 0.141.7 ± 0.387.74 ± 0.017.75 ± 0.077.70 ± 0.08
1523.8 ± 3.4929.0 ± 4.2128.3 ± 4.842.4 ± 0.391.4 ± 0.331.4 ± 0.277.87 ± 0.037.97 ± 0.027.83 ± 0.31
1822.6 ± 7.6928.2 ± 9.7729.8 ± 9.303.0 ± 0.741.5 ± 0.541.1 ± 0.208.01 ± 0.118.20 ± 0.157.97 ± 0.24
2125.6 ± 1.7333.6 ± 1.6630.2 ± 1.681.5 ± 0.580.9 ± 0.412.1 ± 0.897.62 ± 0.077.74 ± 0.107.72 ± 0.06

C: control samples; M: 1,25% metabisulphite samples; A: acerola samples. Means ± SD with the same letters in each column do not differ significantly at the 5% level ().