ISSN:
1750-3841
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
—The influence of four levels of tension in two pre-rigor excised bovine muscles on fiber diameter, sacromere length, percent kinkiness, and shear value were studied. Fiber diameter was found to be smaller with 1,000-g pull treatment than when there was no tension, but no significant change was found with succeeding increases in tension. Sarcomere length was found to increase to the 2,500 g pull treatment and then level off. Both muscles exhibited less kinkiness to the 1,000-g pull treatment. However, after this level the semitendinosus muscle increased whereas the semimembranosus decreased. In like manner, a considerable decrease was noted in shear force to the 1,000-g pull treatment for both muscles, but after this point a small increase was noted for the semitendinosus muscle whereas the semimembranosus muscle did not change.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2621.1969.tb10369.x
