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BIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ACTOMYOSIN AND EXPRESSIBLE MOISTURE OF FROZEN STORED ADDUCTOR MUSCLES OF PATAGONIAN SCALLOP (ZYGOCHLAMYS PATAGONICA)
Author(s) -
PAREDI M.E.,
CRUPKIN M.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of food biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.507
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-4514
pISSN - 0145-8884
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-4514.2003.tb00594.x
Subject(s) - scallop , adductor muscles , myosin , actin , chemistry , biophysics , zoology , anatomy , moisture , myofibril , food science , biology , biochemistry , fishery , organic chemistry
The biochemical properties of actomyosin and the expressible moisture of frozen stored adductor muscles of scallop (Zygochlamys patagonica) were investigated. After freezing (zero time of storage) both the enzymatic activity and the reduced viscosity of actomyosin remained unchanged with respect to those corresponding to actomyosin from unfrozen muscles. Both parameters significantly decreased (P < 0.01) at 4 months of frozen storage and thereafter gradually decreased. No significant differences (P > 0.01) were observed in the relative percentages of myosin, actin, and in the myosin/actin ratio up to 4 months of storage. Thereafter myosin significantly decreased (P < 0.01) up to the end of storage. The decrease in the biochemical properties of actomyosin was accompanied by a loss in the water holding capacity of the muscles.