Quality Boost and Shelf-Life Prolongation of African Catfish Fillet Using Lepidium sativum Mucilage Extract and Selenium Nanoparticles

Table 3

The psychrophilic bacterial count (log CFU/g) in treated catfish fillet groups with LSSM (M) and LSSM-Se NPs (G) compared to control (C) after storage at refrigeration temperature.

Days of storage	Log CFU/g
	C	M	G
Zero day	3.500 ± 0.000^Aa	ND	ND
8th day	4.500 ± 0.058^Ba	3.467 ± 0.145^Ab	3.533 ± 0.033^Ab
16th day	6.200 ± 0.351^Ca	4.000 ± 0.289^Ab	3.600 ± 0.058^Ab
25th day	7.633 ± 0.120^Da	5.033 ± 0.145^Bb	4.000 ± 0.289^Ac

Note. Different capital letters in the same column indicate there is a significant difference while different small letters in the same row indicate a significant difference is present where value <0.01.