Relationships among instrumental tenderness parameters, meat quality traits, and histochemical characteristics in porcine Longissimus dorsi muscle

Han Gyol Shin, Young Min Choi, Yun Ju Nam, Sang Hoon Lee, Jee Hwan Choe, Da Woon Jeong, Byoung Chul Kim

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between instrumental tenderness parameters and histochemical characteristics in the porcine longissimus dorsi muscle, and to investigate a comparison between tenderness parameters such as the Warner-Bratzler shear-force (WBS) and texture profile analysis (TPA). A negative relationship between WBS and fiber area was observed. However, there was no significant relationship between hardness and muscle fiber area. The percentage of fiber type IIb exhibited a positive correlation with hardness. There was a negative relationship between the type IIa composition percentage and hardness. This study showed that some muscle fiber characteristics were related to WBS and TPA parameters, especially hardness.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)965-970
Number of pages6
JournalFood Science and Biotechnology
Volume17
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Keywords

  • Muscle fiber
  • Pork quality
  • Tenderness
  • Texture profile analysis
  • Warner-bratzler shear-force

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Food Science
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

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