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V J Moya1, M Flores, M C Aristoy
1Instituto de Agroquı́mica y Tecnologı́a de Alimentos (CSIC), Apt. 73, 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain.
Abstract:
Twenty pork carcasses were classified in different pork meat qualities: red, firm and non-exudative (RFN), pale, soft and exudative (PSE), red, soft and exudative (RSE) and dark, firm and dry (DFD) meat. The content of peptides and free amino acids during the ageing process was analysed and compared within quality classes. Four peptide fractions were isolated through cation-exchange and reverse-phase chromatography. The main significant differences among qualities were obtained for peptide fractions 3 and 4. Peptide fraction 3 at 4 days and peptide fraction 4 at 2 h postmortem were higher in the ideal pork quality (RFN) than in the other quality classes. The ageing of pork meats produced a general increase in all free amino acid concentrations for the studied quality classes except for Gln, β-Ala, Taurine and Orn and the dipeptides carnosine and anserine. The DFD class showed higher increases in Lys, Ala and Met probably due to the activation of neutral aminopeptidases.
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