Citric acid trisodium is a natural preservative and food tartness enhancer. Citric acid trisodium induces T-SOD and GSH-Px activities in the treated groups decreased with increasing doses of citric acid, NOS activity tended to increase, and H2O2 and MDA contents gradually decreased.
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