Pig adipose tissue of two different breeds and locations: morphology and Raman studies

Autor: Viktoriya A. Pchelkina, Irina M. Chernukha, Marina A. Nikitina, Nikolai A. Ilin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Foods and Raw Materials, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2308-4057
2310-9599
DOI: 10.21603/2308-4057-2023-1-547
Popis: According to the recent data, there are 4–5-local pig breeds left in Russia by now. Livni is among them. This breed is characterized by high fat content. Back fat has been analyzed earlier. We aimed to assess fat morphometrics from other localizations in pigs. Sacral, axillary, and perirenal fat samples from 6-month-old Duroc and Livni pig breeds were analyzed using morphological and Raman-based techniques. Livni adipocytes were characterized by dense packing with a polyhedron-like structure. In Duroc fat, they were more rounded (spherical). A “two-phase” cell disperse was identified in all samples. Fat cells in Livni pigs were bigger than those in the Duroc breed: 70–102, 15–18, and 26% for sacral, axillary, and perirenal locations. Differences in the intensity of the Raman signal between the samples were found: in the samples of subcutaneous adipose tissue, more intense peaks were observed, which are responsible for unsaturation; the samples of Livni axillary fat were characterized by greater unsaturation than sacral fat. Livni and Duroc adipocytes differ from each other in form and size and the difference depends on location. Pork fat from local breeds is expected to have potentially more health protecting (for animals) and health promoting (for consumers) properties.
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