Relationships between muscle α-tocopherol concentrations and metmyoglobin percentages during display of six muscles of Japanese Black steers

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1014-1018

  Muramoto, T ^a   Shibata, M ^a,b   Nakanishi, N ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LIVESTOCK AND GRASSLAND SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beef; Color shelf life; Japanese Black Steers; Metmyoglobin; Tocopherol

Indexed keywords

EID: 3242691401     PISSN: 10112367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5713/ajas.2004.1014     Document Type: Article

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