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Surface properties of muscle protein extracts

  • Eileen O'Neill
  • , D. M. Mulvihill
  • , P. A. Morrissey

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Abstract

The interfacial properties of proteins extracted from muscle using salt solutions of different concentration and for different extraction times were determined by the drop volume method. At a bulk phase concentration of 10-2 wt%, it appears that the sarcoplasmic-rich fraction of muscle is more surface active than the salt-soluble fraction. The average equilibrium surface pressure at the air-liquid interface was 21·5 mN m-1 for an aqueous extract and 20·1 mN m-1 for a 1m KCl-extract. The equilibrium surface pressure decreased from 21·7 mN m-1 to 19·50mN m-1 as the extraction time with Weber-Edsall solution increased from 15 min to 48 h.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-10
Number of pages10
JournalMeat Science
Volume25
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1989

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