† Brine                  Soluble protein Nitrogen Density mg/mL wt%† wt% mg/mL VC 9.34 ± 0.01d 0.90   0.34 ± 0.04c   1042 ± 11c SC 41.66 ± 0.01c 3.64 0.66 ± 0.00b 1145 ± 2.7b TSa 48.37 ± 0.02b 4.21 1.09 ± 0.03a 1149 ± 9.6b TSp 56.74 ± 0.02a 4.80 1.04 ± 0.01a 1182 ± 14a D-TSa 13.16 ± 0.01d 1.26 0.33 ± 0.01d 1048 ± 0.5c D-TSp 4.39 ± 0.01e 0.43 0.07 ± 0.00c 1026 ± 6.7c Values are given as means (n = 3) ± standard deviations (absolute values). By columns, letters indicate homogeneous values (p < 0.05) . † The protein content in wt% is calculated from the density, and all the standard deviation is below three significant figures

Table 3: Total protein content, total nitrogen and density of the six brines.