Table 4. pH value and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) of of the chicken breast following dipping with Rhus verniciflua extracts

Traits	Treatments¹	Storage time (days)					SEM
Traits	Treatments¹	0	3	6	9	15	SEM
pH	NC	6.01^Be	6.20^d	6.39^Ac	6.52^Ab	6.98^Aa	0.05
	BHT	5.98^Bc	6.12^b	6.20^ABb	6.32^Ba	6.31^Ba	0.01
	0.10%	5.97^Bc	6.08^c	6.14^Bc	6.31^Bb	6.82^Aa	0.04
	0.25%	5.99^Bd	6.10^c	6.04^Bc	6.28^Bb	6.80^Aa	0.06
	0.50%	6.15^Ab	6.09^b	6.12^Bb	6.29^Ba	6.28^Ba	0.01
	1.00%	6.17^Ab	6. 11^b	6.09^Ba	6.31^Ba	6.31^Ba	0.05
	SEM	0.02	0.11	0.05	0.01	0.04
TBARS (mg MDA/kg)	NC	0.054^d	0.097^Ad	0.141^Ac	0.191^Ab	0.272^Aa	0.00
	BHT	0.053^d	0.066^Bd	0.102^Bc	0.152^Bb	0.199^Ca	0.08
	0.10%	0.054^d	0.085^Ad	0.119^Ac	0.194^Ab	0.241^Ba	0.02
	0.25%	0.053^d	0.085^Ad	0.118^Ac	0.184^Ab	0.234^Ba	0.03
	0.50%	0.053^d	0.064^Bd	0.105^Bc	0.153^Bb	0.198^Ca	0.05
	1.00%	0.052^d	0.061^Bd	0.109^Bc	0.158^Bb	0.196^Ca	0.09
	SEM	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.04	0.07

NC, chicken breast dipped with distilled water; BHT, chicken breast dipped with solution containing 0.02% of BHT; 0.10%, chicken breast dipped with solution containing 0.10% Rhus verniciflua extract; 0.25%, chicken breast dipped with solution containing 0.25% Rhus verniciflua extract; 0.50%, chicken breast dipped with solution containing 0.50% Rhus verniciflua extract; 1.00%, chicken breast dipped with solution containing 1.00% Rhus verniciflua extract.
Means with different superscripts indicate a significant difference among treatments (p < 0.05).
Means with different superscripts indicate a significant difference among storage days (p < 0.05).
NC, negative control; BHT, butylated hydroxytoluene; MDA, malondialdehyde.