Research Article

Proximate Analysis, Antioxidant Activity, and Antibacterial Activity of Fish Sausages Fortified with Bee Bread Extract

Table 3

The thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) inhibitory activity (mg MDA/kg) of fish sausage samples fortified with 0%, 0.25%, and 0.5% BBE and synthetic additives BHT after storage for 1, 14, and 28 days at 4°C.

TBARS values (mg MDA/kg)
0% BBE0.25% BBE0.5% BBE0.75% BBESynthetic

Day 13.30 ± 0.22Aa3.10 ± 0.06Aa1.16 ± 0.01Ca0.59 ± 0.11Da2.19 ± 0.23Ba
Day 145.50 ± 0.18Ab5.41 ± 0.90Ab3.89 ± 0.07Bb3.61 ± 0.25Bb3.07 ± 0.51Ba
Day 2824.14 ± 0.96Ac14.40 ± 0.69Bc14.29 ± 14.29Bc12.84 ± 0.70BCc11.92 ± 0.59Cb

Values of means ± standard deviation (SD) of triplicate independent experiments. Different capital letters in the same row indicate significant differences (). Different small letters in the same column indicate significant differences ().