Table 1 Changes in physicochemical quality of salted Korean cabbage during distr ibution

Test list System Brine Distribution time (h)
0 1 2 4 6
Moisture content (%) CCS - 90.64±0.79 91.51±0.51 90.43±0.78 90.43±0.78 90.98±0.40
+ 90.64±0.79 91.80±0.69 91.92±0.51 91.63±0.55 90.31±0.12
CVS - 92.14±0.37 92.26±0.16 92.46±0.04 91.42±0.92 91.42±0.43
+ 91.52±0.75 92.98±0.49 93.08±0.78 92.37±0.68 92.94±0.15
Relative salinity (%) CCS - 1.02±0.08a1) 1.03±0.11a 0.93±0.12ab 0.81±0.12b 0.77±0.08b
+ 0.97±0.08a 0.93±0.02ab 0.70±0.10c 0.68±0.12c 0.81±0.07bc
CVS - 0.98±0.02d 1.16±0.03c 1.26±0.16bc 1.39±0.02b 1.72±0.11a
+ 1.00±0.02c 1.07±0.16bc 1.02±0.01c 1.20±0.04ac 1.26±0.03a
Acidity (%) CCS - 0.19±0.01c 0.23±0.01bc 0.29±0.05ab 0.31±0.02a 0.32±0.05a
+ 0.19±0.00c 0.29±0.03a 0.23±0.03bc 0.26±0.03ab 0.27±0.01ab
CVS - 0.16±0.01 0.18±0.02 0.16±0.01 0.20±0.02 0.19±0.01
+ 0.17±0.01 0.16±0.02 0.17±0.02 0.18±0.00 0.17±0.02
pH CCS - 6.06±0.08b 6.00±0.06b 6.03±0.07b 6.23±0.09a 6.12±0.04ab
+ 6.05±0.06b 6.17±0.02a 6.14±0.07ab 6.21±0.07a 6.13±0.02b
CVS - 6.05±0.03 6.07±0.09 6.14±0.03 6.06±0.09 6.05±0.05
+ 6.10±0.03a 6.11±0.03a 6.13±0.04a 6.05±0.03ab 5.97±0.08b
Differences among mean values denote using different letters are statistically significant at p<0.05.