The use of muscle enzymes as predictors of pork meat quality

Food Chemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 387-395

  Toldrá, Fidel ^a   Flores, Mónica ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exopeptidases; Meat quality; Muscle enzymes; Pork; Proteases

Indexed keywords

CALPAIN; CALPASTATIN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE; MUSCLE ENZYME;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; FOOD QUALITY; MEASUREMENT; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 0034101634     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-8146(00)00052-2     Document Type: Article

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