Microstructural changes in rabbit meat wrapped with Pteridium aquilinum fern during postmortem storage

Meat Science

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 823-829

  Sotelo, I ^a   Perez Munuera I ^a   Quiles, A ^a   Hernando, I ^a   Larrea, V ^a   Lluch, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fern; Meat; Microstructure; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

FERN; MEAT QUALITY; POSTMORTEM STORAGE; RABBIT;

COLD STORAGE; DEGRADATION; ENZYMES; FOOD PROCESSING; MICROSTRUCTURE; MUSCLE; PACKAGING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; TISSUE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MEATS;

FILICOPHYTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM;

EID: 0942289628     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2003.08.014     Document Type: Article

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