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The results indicated that the lactation volume of the postpartum rats in each group showed an increasing trend with the increase in the feeding time.

Over the storage period, although the pH of the fermented milk exhibited a decreasing trend, TA showed an increasing trend and remained within the range of 72.1–82.0 °T.

The G′ and G′′ values for the fermented milk samples exhibited an increasing trend with an increase in frequency ( Figure 6 D).

At the genus level, the relative abundance of norank_f__Muribaculaceae , Lachnospiraceae_NK4A136_group , Alistipe, Parabacteroides , Bacteroides , and Prevotellaceae_ UCG-001 in the CTX group showed a decreasing trend, while the abundance of Lactobacillus and unclassified_f__Lachnospiraceae significantly increased.

Color The impact of protein enrichment on the color of the cookies ( Table 3 , Figure 1 ) did not show a clear trend: depending on the type of protein, the samples became lighter (BR, YP), darker (PS, HS), less reddish (BR), more yellowish (BR, YP), or less yellowish (HS).

Among them, the ROAV of 1-octen-3-ol gradually decreased with the extension of cooking time, and the ROAV of 2-pentylfuran and methyl cinnamate showed an increasing trend, which indicates that long-term cooking resulted in loss of the mushroom aroma of T. matsutake soup, but it would bring some floral and fruity aroma.

The relative content of ketones showed a decreasing trend.

While the season alone did not show significant differences, the interaction with the production site was highly significant for free phenols.

It is a key step in RA, helping determine if the potential harm from a substance is likely to be significant.

Similar to argon plasma-treated samples, a slightly increasing trend was recorded during storage, reaching only about 6% by week 3.

The α-diversity analysis revealed an increasing trend in the Chao 1 index for the T1 and T2 groups ( Figure 3 B), though this was not significant, while the Shannon index significantly decreased in T2 compared to that in CK ( Figure 3 C), suggesting that the EC-520 intervention had no substantial impact on the richness of the microbes in the rats’ colons, while indicating a slight decrease in bacterial diversity.

The transmittance results for the five pectin films with varying glycerol concentrations reveal a notable trend in light transmission ( Figure 2 ).

The water vapor permeability (WVP) values of the samples demonstrate a clear trend, with glycerol-plasticized films exhibiting significantly lower permeability compared to the control sample (PC).

A t -test (two-tailed test) was used in the correlation analysis ( p > 0.05 means no significant difference; 0.01 < p < 0.05 means significant difference; p < 0.01 indicates extremely significant difference).

However, other treatments showed an increasing trend compared with the CK group, consisting of 5.98% (WR), 18.00% (AR), 24.55% (RR), and 14.35% (MR), respectively.

Despite the reduced number of samples that may have imposed some restrictions on the conclusions drawn, there was a clear trend in the volatiles’ distribution, allowing us to identify, based on the higher correlation loadings, potential candidates for the Serpa cheese sensory quality.

The experimental results demonstrated an increasing trend in fluorescence intensity for both strains under hyperosmotic stress ( Figure 3 ).

The results indicated a decreasing trend in the intracellular proline content of both S .

In contrast, gelatin degradation displayed an unexpected trend: numerous isolates exhibited strong gelatinase activity, even though genome-based predictions failed to anticipate such a function.

As depicted in Figure 7 , with the increase in GSEE concentration, the WCA showed an increasing trend, reflecting the continuous enhancement of the film’s hydrophobicity.

Nutritional Composition According to Figure 1 , as the peeling time increased, the contents of polyphenols, fat, and protein showed a decreasing trend, while the starch and β-glucan levels increased.

Additionally, the clustering effects for the woody, glutinous rice, Indicalamus leaf, floral, and overall aroma points were the most pronounced in the boxplot, reaching highly significant levels, followed by grassy and sweet notes (not significant) ( Figure 1 c).

Using whole wheat bread as a partial malt substitute in brewing did not result in significant changes in turbidity, except for hazy beers like Bavarian weiss styles, where a decreasing trend and significant differences were observed when malt was replaced by whole wheat bread versus the control.

It showed a trend opposite to that of the SFA/PUFA ratio.

Meanwhile, the transcriptomic analysis of the glutathione metabolism pathway in beef samples revealed that, compared to Qinchuan cattle and Simmental cattle, Pingliang Red Cattle samples had eight genes with extremely significant upregulation in their relative expression levels, and these expression levels were positively correlated with the glutathione content in the beef ( Figure 8 b).