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    • Figure 1. 

      The forest plot on the effect of NPE addition on the quality of meat products. The forest plot was extracted by RevMan Software (Version 5.4.1). The first author and year of publication is listed in the first column. (Complete list can be referred to from the References). CI, confidence interval; IV, inverse variance; S.D., standard deviation; std, standard. Vertical line in last column indicates no effect line, horizontal line indicates individual study—where the length determined by sample size. Diamond symbol indicates overall effect tendency. p-values following Chi2 stands for heterogeneity, whereas the p-value following Z stands for statistical significance.

    • Figure 2. 

      The forest plot on the effect of NPE on pH of meat products produced with different raw materials.

    • Figure 3. 

      Forest plot on the effect of NPE on TBARS of meat products produced with different raw materials.

    • Figure 4. 

      Forest plot on the effect of NPE on TVBN of meat products produced with different raw materials.

    • Figure 5. 

      The forest plot on the effect of NPE on total plate count (TPA) of meat products produced with different raw materials.

    • Figure 6. 

      Funnel plot of studies to detect the publication bias for the selected parameters. (a) Overall effect. (b) pH. (c) TBARS.

    • Figure 7. 

      Effect of NPE based on antioxidant properties on meat product quality.

    • Figure 8. 

      Possible mechanism of NPE improving meat product quality.

    • Figure 9. 

      Antioxidant mechanism of common bioactive substances in NPE.

    • Parameter MPQNMeanMedianMinimumMaximumSD
      ConNFEConNFEConNFEConNFEConNFE
      pH
      pH4026.145.855.866.104.624.816.897.540.44190.3588
      Color
      a*15010.4311.829.229.58−0.971.6133.8645.278.69478.9012
      b*14914.7614.7812.4912.64−0.43−2.1838.5428.207.00307.3735
      L*15849.2147.0948.8747.4920.189.3376.0078.0611.729811.4085
      Texture
      Chewiness2039.1124.8267.2026.1414.6715.101654.001675.0028.729011.0752
      Cohesiveness170.630.560.570.490.220.180.770.760.09960.1320
      CL, %3634.2034.0750.7048.173.827.7477.3179.2426.559626.3236
      Elasticity233.673.493.453.990.510.496.616.962.53012.4518
      Hardness, N1914.1714.2020.6310.242.344.8955.3567.6221.932722.9578
      Moisture, %3357.3449.0464.3755.5431.6329.4373.6973.7313.888111.5185
      PL, %1022.981.3322.9820.0422.9820.0422.9820.041.00000.2700
      Water activity180.950.930.970.940.880.871.000.990.03980.0383
      WHC, %946.3540.8736.7026.9536.7023.3065.6672.3714.486323.6829
      Antioxidant capacity
      DPPH, IC50 (μg)2041.51161.1221.2248.744.8411.1845.17228.0310.955884.4908
      Oxidation index
      Pv, mmol/kg184.511.811.131.031.130.537.114.472.65711.3670
      TBARs, mg/kg4026.145.850.721.230.140.1819.0321.980.44190.3588
      TVB-N, mg/100g32.8021.0217.1032.6910.9528.5731.2655.761.88277.6660
      Microbial index, log10 cfu/g
      Enterobacteriaceae345.263.363.482.501.340.995.814.202.49281.4109
      Enterococcus31.680.000.840.000.000.001.680.001.35000.0000
      LAB336.405.994.983.624.073.006.556.541.92511.6709
      Micrococcus/
      staphylococcus
      45.193.985.193.985.193.985.193.980.04000.0300
      Mold and yeast73.612.713.432.592.131.714.723.461.38630.9415
      Pseudomonas247.966.706.386.316.386.316.386.311.75110.7401
      Psychrotrophic135.814.765.104.191.300.005.375.102.37131.8038
      TAC127.156.927.156.927.156.927.156.920.11000.1200
      TAMB127.087.057.087.057.087.057.087.050.09000.0400
      TMB96.525.297.056.035.974.407.056.080.75412.1113
      TPC217.205.895.483.883.353.246.825.372.75111.9788
      MPQ: Meat product quality; N: number of comparisons; SD: standard deviation; Con: control; NFE: Natural plant extracts; CL: cooking loss; PL: press loss; WHC: Water holding capacity; DPPH: DPPH radical scavenging activity; Pv: Peroxide value; TBARs: Thiobarbituric acid reactant; TVB-N, Volatile base nitrogen; LAB: lactic acid bacteria; TAC: Total aerobic cryophage; TAMB: Total aerobic mesophilic bacteria; TMB; Total mesophilic bacteria; TPC: Total plate count.

      Table 1. 

      Descriptive statistical results of all indicators included in MA.