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Nucleotide degradation products of gamma‐irradiated sea bream ( Sparus aurata ) stored in ice
Author(s) -
Özogul Fatih,
Özden Özkan,
Özoğul Yeşim,
Erkan Nuray
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2010.02393.x
Subject(s) - irradiation , inosine , chemistry , fish <actinopterygii> , nucleotide , inosine monophosphate , fishery , gamma irradiation , zoology , food science , biology , biochemistry , adenosine , physics , gene , nuclear physics
Summary Nucleotide degradation products of irradiated sea bream stored up to 19 days in ice were investigated. Irradiation had significant effect on the nucleotide concentrations in sea bream muscle ( P < 0.05). The results showed that the highest value of inosine monophosphate (IMP) was observed in irradiated sea bream at 5 kGy, followed by at 2.5 kGy. Initial inosine (INO) concentration in irradiated sea bream at 5 kGy was 4.26 μmoles g −1 , which reached maximum value of 8.83 μmoles g −1 when fish completely spoiled (19 days). When the fish reached the limit of acceptability, the mean values of K, Ki, H and G were 86.8%, 90.3%, 59.8% and 213.9% for unirradiated sea bream, 85.2%, 87.8%, 56.8% and 197.8% for irradiated sea bream at 2.5 kGy and 88.4%, 90.9%, 57.8%, 211.5% for irradiated sea bream at 5 kGy, respectively. The results of this study indicated that nucleotide degradation was more rapid in unirradiated sea bream than those irradiated. K, Ki, H and G value in irradiated fish can be used as a freshness index because there is a good linear relationship between values and storage time of fish.