Water diffusion to assess meat microstructure
Autor: | Nicolò Dellarosa, Luca Laghi, Massimiliano Petracci, Luca Venturi |
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Přispěvatelé: | Luca Laghi, Luca Venturi, Nicolò Dellarosa, Massimiliano Petracci |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
Turkeys
Work (thermodynamics) Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Meat Analytical chemistry Thermal diffusivity 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Analytical Chemistry Diffusion 03 medical and health sciences 0404 agricultural biotechnology 0302 clinical medicine Myofibrils medicine Animals Cooking Water diffusion Diffusion (business) Meat thawing TD-NMR Chemistry Water compartmentalization Water 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine Microstructure 040401 food science Water retention Female medicine.symptom Biological system T2 weighted Myofibril Food Science |
Popis: | In the quest for setting up rapid methods to evaluate water retention ability of meat microstructures, time domain nuclear magnetic resonance (TD-NMR) has gained a prominent role, due to the possibility to observe water located outside the myofibrils, easily lost upon storage or cooking. Diffusion weighted signals could be used to monitor the shape and dimension of the pores in which water is confined, thus boosting the information offered by TD-NMR. The work outlines a parsimonious model to describe relative abundance and diffusion coefficient of intra and extra myofibrillar water populations, exchange rate between them, diameter of the myofibrillar cells. To test our model, we registered diffusion and T2 weighted NMR signals at 20 MHz on fresh meat from pectoralis major muscle of 100 days old female turkey. We then purposely altered water distribution and myofibrils shape by means of freezing. The model predicted nicely the consequences of the imposed modifications. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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