Table 2 Comparison of the loss tangent between anti- and periclinal regions

From: Micromechanical behavior of the apple fruit cuticle investigated by Brillouin light scattering microscopy

Sample type

Loss tangent

 

AR

PR

CM

\(1.025\pm 0.105\)a

\(0.962\pm 0.098\)b

DCM

\(1.004\pm 0.084\)c

\(0.928\pm 0.081\)d

CU

\(1.131\pm 0.123\)e

\(1.104\pm 0.137\)e

  1. Loss tangent for anticlinal (AR) and periclinal regions (PR) (mean ± SD, N = 6) of ‘Idared’ apple fruit cuticular membrane (CM), dewaxed CM (DCM) and the acid-resistant fraction of DCM (cutin matrix, CU). Groups with different letters in the macro-mechanical properties denote p < 0.0001 (Mann-Whitney-U test).
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