Treatment Ascorbic Acid (mg/100g)
Storage Period in Days
Initial 15 30 45 60 75 90
Slice Thickness (v)
v1 38.33 32.50 29.30 25.97 24.72 22.78 19.44
v2 37.91 34.58 28.33 29.02 26.53 24.03 21.11
v3 41.66 35.14 32.64 29.72 25.55 23.19 21.39
S. Em. ± 0.54 0.66 0.86 0.75 0.71 0.60 0.65
CD (0.05) 2.255** 1.897* 2.478** 2.159** NS NS NS
Temperature (t)
t1 43.33 38.14 34.44 30.92 27.59 25.74 22.03
t2 42.22 37.59 32.96 31.11 27.59 24.07 22.03
t3 36.66 31.29 29.07 25.74 23.89 22.03 20.18
t4 35.00 29.26 26.85 25.18 23.33 21.48 18.33
S. Em. ± 0.62 0.76 1.00 0.87 0.82 0.69 0.75
CD (0.05) 1.78** 2.191** 2.862** 2.493** 2.362** 1.98** 2.159**
Packaging Material (p)
p1 39.30 35.00 33.05 28.61 25.69 24.16 22.50
p2 39.30 35.00 30.27 29.44 26.39 23.47 20.14
p3 39.30 32.21 29.16 26.66 24.72 22.36 19.30
S. Em. ± 0.54 0.66 0.86 0.75 0.71 0.60 0.65
CD (0.05) NS 1.897** 2.4789** 2.159* NS NS 1.86**
Interaction
v X t
S. Em. ± 1.07 1.32 1.73 1.50 1.43 1.20 1.30
CD (0.05) 3.09* 3.79* 4.957** 4.318** NS 3.44** 3.73*
v X p
S. Em. ± 0.93 1.15 1.50 1.30 1.23 1.04 1.13
CD (0.05) NS 3.28** 4.3** NS NS NS 3.23*
t X p
S. Em. ± 1.08 1.32 1.73 1.50 1.43 1.20 1.30
CD (0.05) NS NS NS NS NS NS NS
v X t X p
S. Em. ± 1.86 2.29 2.99 2.61 2.47 2.08 2.26
CD (0.05) NS NS NS NS NS 5.97* NS
C. V. % 6.70 9.51 14.06 13.05 13.64 12.59 15.46
Table 3: Effect of different Thicknesses, Temperature and Packaging Materials on Ascorbic acid content (mg/100g) of Kothimbda fruit powder during storage