ISSN:
1750-3841
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The effect of common curing agents (salt, nitrate, nitrite, ascorbic acid and glucose) on porcine muscle leucyl, arginyl, alanyl, pyroglu-tamyl and tyrosyl hydrolyzing activities was studied. Salt, ascorbate and nitrite had inhibitory effects on most enzyme activities. All activities decreased as salt increased (to 1.25 M) and/or water activity decreased (from 1.00 to 0.81). Nitrite inhibited only alanyl, pyroglu-tamyl and tyrosyl hydrolyzing activities. An in-vitro study using model conditions of three stages of dry-curing of ham, revealed that leucyl hydrolyzing activity may be important through the complete process. Other enzymes may also be involved in later stages of curing but are less important.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1993.tb09344.x
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