Table 3
Changes in organic acid of Prunus mume fruit treated with 1-MCP and ethylene-absorbent during storage (g/100 g, dry basis)

Organic acid	Treatment	Storage period (weeks)
		Initial	2	4	6	8
Oxalic acid	Cont	1.53±0.001)c2)A3)	1.18±0.00bD	0.63±0.00aA	-4)	-
	Cont-P	1.53±0.00eA	1.06±0.00dC	0.79±0.01cC	0.76±0.00bB	0.72±0.01aB
	Cont-PE	1.53±0.00eA	0.98±0.00dB	0.84±0.00cE	0.79±0.01bD	0.78±0.01aC
	MCP-P	1.53±0.00eA	0.91±0.00dA	0.71±0.01cB	0.64±0.00bA	0.53±0.00aA
	MCP-PE	1.53±0.00eA	1.28±0.00cE	0.83±0.00bD	0.77±0.00aC	1.44±0.01dD
Malic acid	Cont	23.09±0.27cA	21.98±0.27bB	17.56±0.06aA	-	-
	Cont-P	23.09±0.27eA	20.88±0.40dA	19.73±0.06cC	17.06±0.06bA	14.35±0.08aB
	Cont-PE	23.09±0.27dA	20.79±0.43cA	20.80±0.13cD	17.93±0.07bB	14.07±0.07aA
	MCP-P	23.09±0.27eA	20.90±0.28dA	18.53±0.06cB	18.15±0.09bC	15.63±0.07aC
	MCP-PE	23.09±0.27cA	23.38±0.59cC	18.60±0.07bB	17.16±0.13aA	16.91±0.06aD
Citric acid	Cont	26.44±0.19aA	28.12±0.19bB	27.90±0.07bA	-	-
	Cont-P	26.44±0.19aA	30.03±0.18bC	31.79±0.07dE	31.16±0.25cD	31.37±0.08cC
	Cont-PE	26.44±0.19aA	30.80±0.19eD	29.84±0.09cB	30.18±0.06dB	28.31±0.08bB
	MCP-P	26.44±0.19aA	29.86±0.20bC	30.56±0.06cC	29.92±0.07bA	31.97±0.09dD
	MCP-PE	26.44±0.19bA	27.44±0.19cA	30.74±0.06dD	30.87±0.06dC	25.09±0.09aA

Values are means±SD.
^a-eMeans with different letters within the same row are significantly different at p<0.05.
^A-E Means with different letters within the same column are significantly different at p<0.05.
Cannot be measured because of decay.