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Metmyoglobin Reducing Capacity of Fresh Normal, PSE, and DFD Pork During Retail Display
Author(s) -
ZHU L.G.,
BREWER M.S.
Publication year - 1998
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.1365-2621.1998.tb15749.x
Subject(s) - metmyoglobin , food science , chemistry , reductase , oxygen , enzyme , biochemistry , myoglobin , organic chemistry
Fresh pale, soft, exudative (PSE), dark, firm, dry (DFD), and normal pork were stored under light or dark conditions at 4°C for 7 days. Sample pH, metmyoglobin reductase activity, oxygen consumption rate, and relative surface metmyoglobin and oxymyoglobin contents were determined. DFD pork had the highest metmyoglobin reductase activity and oxygen consumption rate. Enzyme activity of PSE was lower than that of normal pork, but no difference existed in oxygen consumption rate between PSE and normal samples. Metmyoglobin reductase activity dropped slowly during meat storage; oxygen consumption rate sharply decreased during the first day of storage. Both metmyoglobin reductase activity and oxygen consumption rate declined more rapidly in the light. Results can help develop guidelines for display and packaging of pork.