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Changes in Water Structure in Postmortem Muscle, as Determined by NMR T 1 Values
Author(s) -
CURRIE R. W.,
JORDAN R.,
WOLFE F. H.
Publication year - 1981
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.1365-2621.1981.tb15357.x
Subject(s) - relaxation (psychology) , chemistry , anatomy , nuclear magnetic resonance , biology , medicine , physics
Longitudinal relaxation times (T 1 ) have been used to assess changes in muscle water as rig or developed in both rat and beef muscle. A significant correlation between the initial rise in T 1 and the slope calculated from T 1 values measured post rigor was observed. Changes in T 1 and thus water structure seem to be very sensitive to pre‐rigor events such as pH fall.