The effect of calcium chloride injection on shear force and caspase activities in bovine longissimus muscles during postmortem conditioning
Tenderness is considered as the most important quality determinant of meat. Calcium chloride application has been shown to improve tenderness by regulating endogenous proteinases. This study was designed to determine the effect of 300 mM calcium chloride injection on myofibrillar structures, caspase...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2012-01-01
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| Series: | Animal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1751731111002047 |