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Variation of ultimate pH within pig muscles
Author(s) -
Scaife J. F.
Publication year - 1955
Publication title -
journal of the science of food and agriculture
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.782
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1097-0010
pISSN - 0022-5142
DOI - 10.1002/jsfa.2740060812
Subject(s) - pigment , connective tissue , anatomy , chemistry , biology , organic chemistry , genetics
The muscles of cattle and sheep have been examined with a view to elucidating the effect which connective tissue, oxygen and proximity to bone have upon the ultimate pH attained by a muscle. Pig muscles show variability in their ultimate pH values and in the distribution of total pigment within individual muscles. This variation of ultimate pH and total pigment in pig muscles is related; the higher the concentration of total pigment then the higher is the ultimate pH.