Effect of Potassium Permanganate as an Ethylene Scavenger and Physicochemical Characterization during the Shelf Life of Fresh Banana (Musa paradisiaca)

Table 2

Acidity (pH), total soluble solids (°Bx), titratable acidity (%A.C.) of banana during 19 days (control, 0.07% KMnO₄, 0.14% KMnO₄, and 0.21% KMnO₄).

Treatments		Day 0	Day 3	Day 7	Day 12	Day 19
0.21% KMnO4	pH	^a/vw	^ab/v	^a/wx	^a/x	^b/z
	°Bx	^a/w	^c/w	^b/w	^b/w	^a/v
	%A.C.	^a/z	^a/xz	^a/w	^ab/wx	^ab/v
0.14% KMnO4	pH	^a/v	^a/v	^a/w	^a/w	^b/x
	°Bx	^a/w	^ab/w	^ab/w	^ab/w	^a/v
	%A.C.	^a/x	^b/x	^a/w	^a/vw	^a/v
0.07% KMnO4	pH	^a/v	^b/vw	^b/x	^a/wx	^b/z
	°Bx	^a/w	^bc/w	^a/w	^b/w	^a/v
	%A.C.	^a/xz	^ab/z	^a/wx	^b/vw	^b/v
Control	pH	^a/v	^ab/v	^a/v	^a/vw	^a/w
	°Bx	^a/x	^a/x	^a/x	^a/w	^a/v
	%A.C.	^a/x	^ab/x	^a/w	^a/v	^b/w

^a,b,cDifferent letters on the same day indicate significant differences (Tukey test ); ^v,w,x,zdifferent letters in the same rows indicate significant differences (Tukey test ).