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In vivo NMR studies of animal products: body composition. Qualitative determination
Author(s) -
Renou Jean Pierre
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
magnetic resonance in chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.483
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1097-458X
pISSN - 0749-1581
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-458x(199712)35:13<s153::aid-omr177>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - chemistry , composition (language) , in vivo , nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy , proton nmr , organic chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , philosophy , linguistics , biology
One of the important objectives in animal product research has been the determination of body composition. NMR produces images of outstanding quality of transverse sections through the body. This method affords the best conditions for obtaining an exact measurement of lean content. Some studies have been performed in vivo to characterize muscle fibre types and fatty acid composition. NMR spectroscopy could be a useful technique for genetic selection and some NMR applications using muscle biopsies and biological fluids are reported. NMR has proved to be a powerful technique in research, but its application in industry has so far been relatively limited. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.