Effect of Beeswax Coating on the Quality of Eggplant Fruit During Cold Storage and Optimization of Coating Conditions

Table 3

Predicted and measured physicochemical responses of the optimized coating conditions.

Responses	Measured	Predicted
Weight loss (mg/kg)	31.94 ± 2.15	31.93
Firmness (N)	33.71 ± 1.26	33.58
value	82.48 ± 0.77	80.20
value	−2.06 ± 0.28	−2.27
value	22.47 ± 1.82	22.18
Total phenolic content (mg/kg)	243.90 ± 10.35	179.78
Ascorbic acid (mg/kg)	107.31 ± 14.34	128.51
Total antioxidant capacity (mg/kg)	141.36 ± 5.93	143.57