Table 1 Effects of different treatment conditions on physicochemical properties of pumpkin juice.

From: Effect of mixed fermentation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Lactobacillus helveticus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus on physicochemical and flavor characteristics of pumpkin juice

Measuring indicators

Fresh

Sterilization

Fermentation

pH

6.01 ± 0.01a

5.10 ± 0.00b

3.81 ± 0.01c

TA/(g L−1 lactic acid)

0.46 ± 0.06c

0.94 ± 0.10b

3.76 ± 0.14a

TSS/ (°Brix)

3.50 ± 0.00b

4.00 ± 0.00a

1.50 ± 0.00c

L*

33.93 ± 0.02ab

33.82 ± 0.02b

34.40 ± 0.02a

a*

4.00 ± 0.02a

3.32 ± 0.03c

3.45 ± 0.02b

b*

10.33 ± 0.05b

10.00 ± 0.03c

10.85 ± 0.04a

C*

11.08 ± 0.04b

10.54 ± 0.02c

11.38 ± 0.04a

h0

68.75 ± 0.21c

71.61 ± 0.12b

72.37 ± 0.08a

ΔE

0.00 ± 0.00

0.87 ± 0.02a

0.66 ± 0.03b

BI

43.88 ± 0.22b

41.22 ± 0.05c

44.08 ± 0.18a

YI

43.49 ± 0.24b

42.26 ± 0.10c

45.04 ± 0.17a

  1. The error bars represent the standard deviation from three independent replicates (n = 3). Here, it is expressed as mean ± standard deviation. The characters a, b, c in the upper right corner of the data indicate that there is a significant difference (p < 0.05)