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CHANGES IN NONPROTEIN NITROGEN COMPOUNDS DURING DRY SAUSAGE RIPENING
Author(s) -
DIERICK N.,
VANDEKERCKHOVE P.,
DEMEYER O.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1974.tb02880.x
Subject(s) - ripening , chemistry , starter , putrescine , amino acid , food science , biochemistry , ammonia , histidine , glutamic acid , nucleotide , tyramine , tyrosine , enzyme , gene
Concentration changes for ammonia, total and individual free amino acids, total peptides, nucleotides, nucleosides and some individual amines were followed during ripening of dry sausage, with and without “starter culture.” A decrease was observed for peptides, nucleotides, glutamic acid, histidine, tyrosine and ornithine, an increase for all other compounds, being most intense for total free amino acids during the first days of ripening. The rate of free amino acid production exceeded the rate of ammonia production. The presence of a starter culture intensified free amino acid production and peptide disappearance. A tenfold increase in the concentrations of histamine, tyramine and putrescine was observed in the presence of a starter culture.