Table 4
Changes in free sugar of Prunus mume fruit treated with 1-MCP and ethylene-absorbent during storage

Free sugar	Treatment	Storage period (weeks)
Free sugar	Treatment	Initial	2	4	6	8
Fructose	Cont	0.51±0.03^1)b2)A3)	0.59±0.02^cD	0.22±0.01^aD	-⁴⁾	-
	Cont-P	0.51±0.03^cA	0.49±0.06^cC	0.18±0.01^bC	0.08±0.01^aB	0.04±0.01^aA
	Cont-PE	0.51±0.03^cA	0.28±0.03^bA	0.07±0.04^aA	0.09±0.00^aC	0.08±0.01^aB
	MCP-P	0.51±0.03^eA	0.36±0.01^dB	0.09±0.00^aAB	0.14±0.01^bD	0.19±0.03^cC
	MCP-PE	0.51±0.03^cA	0.75±0.00^dE	0.11±0.02^bB	0.02±0.01^aA	0.02±0.01^aA
Sorbitol	Cont	1.15±0.06^aA	1.34±0.00^bA	1.37±0.00^bA	-	-
	Cont-P	1.15±0.06^aA	1.45±0.01^dB	1.53±0.01^eC	1.32±0.04^bB	1.37±0.01^cD
	Cont-PE	1.15±0.06^bA	1.90±0.02^dE	1.37±0.00^cA	1.37±0.00^cC	0.96±0.01^aA
	MCP-P	1.15±0.06^aA	1.69±0.04^dC	1.39±0.01^cB	1.29±0.02^bB	1.32±0.01^bC
	MCP-PE	1.15±0.06^bA	1.75±0.02^cD	1.72±0.01^cD	1.09±0.01^aA	1.08±0.02^aB
Glucose	Cont	1.40±0.04^bA	2.48±0.01^cE	1.28±0.01^aC	-	-
	Cont-P	1.40±0.04^dA	1.66±0.14^eD	1.09±0.02^cC	0.72±0.03^bC	0.58±0.08^aC
	Cont-PE	1.40±0.04^cA	0.85±0.20^bA	0.77±0.01^bB	0.55±0.02^aB	0.43±0.03^aB
	MCP-P	1.40±0.04^dA	1.04±0.04^cB	0.68±0.06^bA	0.96±0.08^cD	0.45±0.06^aB
	MCP-PE	1.40±0.04^dA	1.35±0.00^dC	0.83±0.07^cB	0.28±0.04^bA	0.20±0.03^aA
Sucrose	Cont	0.34±0.00^aA	0.62±0.06^bB	1.41±0.01^cD	-	-
	Cont-P	0.34±0.00^aA	0.53±0.02^bA	1.16±0.01^eC	1.01±0.01^dA	0.89±0.01^cB
	Cont-PE	0.34±0.00^aA	0.88±0.01^bD	1.03±0.00^cB	1.20±0.00^eA	1.04±0.00^dC
	MCP-P	0.34±0.00^aA	0.55±0.01^aA	0.97±0.16^bB	1.86±0.56^cB	1.20±0.01^bD
	MCP-PE	0.34±0.00^aA	0.82±0.00^bC	0.81±0.06^bA	1.14±0.19^cA	0.85±0.01^bA

Values are means±SD.
^a-e Means 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.