Gelation of proteins from washed muscle of threadfin bream (Nemipterus japonicus) under mild acidic conditions

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 362-367

  Chawla, S P ^a   Venugopal, V ^a   Nair, P M ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Fish muscle; Gelation; Myosin heavy chain; Structural proteins; Threadfin bream

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000592111     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1996.tb14194.x     Document Type: Article

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