Abstract
Postmortem biochemical, chemical, and physical changes of the adductor muscle of Pacific lions-paw scallop were studied during a 15-day storage period at 0 °C (ice). Content of ATP and breakdown products, K value, pH, trimethylamine, total volatile bases, water-holding capacity, colour, and texture changes were examined. K value increased logarithmically (r2 = 0.95) from an initial value of 40.3-79.7% on day 15. The spoilage indicators trimethylamine and total volatile bases increased from 15.6 to 30.7 and 1.3 to 6.8 mg N/100 g of sample, respectively, which indicated spoilage at the end of the storage period. Texture, colour, and pH were not affected; however, water-holding capacity decreased significantly, from 96.0% on day 1 to 86.0% on day 15. Overall results indicated that quality of Pacific lions-paw scallop adductor muscle was maintained during at least 12 days of ice storage.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 253-259 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Food Chemistry |
Volume | 106 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2008 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We thank Marimex del Pacífico SA de CV for providing scallop samples and K.D. García-Orozco for their technical assistance during the experimental work. This work was part of the Master’s thesis of Victor Manuel Ocaño Higuera at the Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo (CIAD), Sonora, México and financed by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACYT Project G-33593-B).
Keywords
- Adductor muscle
- Freshness
- K value
- Pacific lions-paw scallop
- Postmortem changes
- Quality