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Table 3 Residue of ClO2 on various seeds after sequential presoaking and ClO2 treatment

From: Effect of sequential presoaking and chlorine dioxide treatment on the inactivation of pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. on sprout seeds

Seed name

The residual of ClO2 in the seed after treatment (h)

0

1

2

4

8

12

24

48

72

Red radish

N.Da

N.Da

N.Da

N.Da

N.Da

N.Da

N.Da

N.Da

N.Da

Crimson clover

23.1 ± 4.4a

N.Db

N.Db

N.D b

N.Db

N.Db

N.Db

N.Db

N.Db

Red Kohlrabi

20.0 ± 4.0a

N.Db

N.Db

N.Db

N.Db

N.Db

N.Db

N.Db

N.Db

Radish

59.4 ± 11.5a

30.3 ± 9.7b

9.7 ± 3.5c

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

Tatsoi

71.5 ± 7.2a

42.4 ± 3.1b

24.5 ± 1.9c

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

Kohlrabi

110.8 ± 18.0a

88.8 ± 16.9a

57.1 ± 13.1b

35.0 ± 7.9c

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

Rape seed

112.2 ± 17.4a

74.3 ± 18.5b

50.6 ± 14.4b

21.3 ± 7.7c

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

Cabbage

111.7 ± 13.9a

92.8 ± 14.7a

67.8 ± 15.6b

10.2 ± 0.6c

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

N.Dd

Alfalfa

196.1 ± 24.5a

151.8 ± 10.9b

115.4 ± 12.9c

58.5 ± 18.2d

34.9 ± 1.7d

N.De

N.De

N.De

N.De

  1. N.D not detected
  2. The same lowercase letters in each row are not significantly different from the residue of ClO2 in the seeds after sequential presoaking and ClO2 treatment with p < 0.05 according to Tukey’s test