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Effects of Antemortem Injected Crude Papain in Chicken Muscle
Author(s) -
BROOKS BARBARA A.,
KLASING KIRK C.,
REGENSTEIN JOE M.
Publication year - 1985
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.1365-2621.1985.tb10479.x
Subject(s) - papain , chemistry , hydroxyproline , hydrolysis , tyrosine , muscle protein , biochemistry , proteases , meat tenderness , food science , enzyme , tenderness , anatomy , biology , skeletal muscle
The effects of antemortem injected crude papain in chicken muscle on muscle protein hydrolysis were investigated. White Leghorn hens were injected intravenously prior to slaughter with crude papain or heat denatured crude papain. Collagen solubility (hydroxyproline) at 60°C was 210% of the heat denatured crude papain control. SDS‐PAGE revealed no difference between treatments. Crude papain was unable to penetrate intact cells at physiological temperatures. A small but significant increase in muscle TCA soluble tyrosine was observed due to antemortem papain treatment. Postmortem papain treatment resulted in a 14 fold increase in tyrosine. Little if any intracellular muscle protein hydrolysis occurred as a result of antemortem papain treatment. Collagen hydrolysis may be the major contributor to antemortem papain induced meat tenderness.