Current Developments in Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Meat Color

S. P. Suman, M. N. Nair

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Abstract

The cherry-red color of retail fresh meats is a major quality influencing the purchase decisions. A multitude of endogenous and exogenous factors influence the redox biochemistry of myoglobin in postmortem skeletal muscles. Current research indicates that the interinfluential interactions between myoglobin, mitochondria, and biomolecules govern meat color stability in muscle-, species-, and packaging-specific manner. Advances in bioanalytical techniques enable characterizing the fundamental mechanisms of these biomolecular interactions, which in turn are exploited to develop innovative preharvest and postharvest strategies to improve the meat color stability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Aspects of Meat Quality
Subtitle of host publicationFrom Genes to Ethics
Pages111-127
Number of pages17
ISBN (Electronic)9780081005934
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2017

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Keywords

  • lipid oxidation
  • metabolites
  • mitochondria
  • myoglobin
  • packaging
  • proteome

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Engineering (all)
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)

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