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Pyridinoline Cross‐links in Bovine Muscle Collagen
Author(s) -
BOSSELMANN ANDREAS,
MÖLLER CARSTEN,
STEINHART HANS,
KIRCHGESSNER MANFRED,
SCHWARZ FRIEDER J.
Publication year - 1995
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.1365-2621.1995.tb06269.x
Subject(s) - pyridinoline , chemistry , anatomy , crossbreed , longissimus dorsi , biology , endocrinology , zoology , biochemistry , food science , alkaline phosphatase , osteocalcin , enzyme
Development of muscle collagen cross‐linkage was investigated by determining hydroxylysylpyridinoline and lysylpyridinoline contents of longissimus dorsi, semitendinosus and extensor carpi ulnaris muscles. These were removed from male, female and castrated German Simmental cattle (150–620 days old) fattened on different energy levels and related to possible influences of sex, feeding intensity and type of muscle. In intramuscular collagen, an age‐related increase in pyridinoline content was found. Cross‐link formation was also influenced by sex and feeding intensity. Epimysia exhibited differences in pyridinoline content which were probably due to differences in physical strain of the muscles.