Skip to main content
Vai all'homepage della Commissione europea (si apre in una nuova finestra)
italiano italiano
CORDIS - Risultati della ricerca dell’UE
CORDIS
Contenuto archiviato il 2024-05-14

Biochemical changes and protein interactions leading to aggregation and toughening in frozen fish

CORDIS fornisce collegamenti ai risultati finali pubblici e alle pubblicazioni dei progetti ORIZZONTE.

I link ai risultati e alle pubblicazioni dei progetti del 7° PQ, così come i link ad alcuni tipi di risultati specifici come dataset e software, sono recuperati dinamicamente da .OpenAIRE .

Risultati sfruttabili

The project investigates the biochemical changes and mechanisms causing the aggregation of proteins in frozen fish in order to predict and control quality in terms of texture, nutrition and safety. This involves studying the interaction of myofibrillar and collagen fish proteins with formaldehyde (produced during fish storage) and fat oxidation products using techniques such as spectroscopy, radiolabelling and microscopy with a view to inhibiting toughening of frozen fish. Cod, hake, blue whiting and haddock (a species that does not produce formaldehyde) are being tested fresh and after storage at -10 C (to accelerate changes) and -30 C (controls). Proteins have been extracted using salt, sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) and SDS + beta mercaptoethanol. Blue whiting was the most susceptible to denaturation as indicated by proteolysis and the development of non-sulphide covalent bonds in the aggregates. The development of fat oxidation products (rancidity) was determined by adding aldehydes and measuring the resulting fluorescence. Fluorescence was observed after 3-5 months for cod and haddock at -10 C. It was higher for cod than for haddock, and at -10 than at -30 C. However, the development of lipid oxidation products, overall, in cod and haddock was minimal in the first five months. Fillets stored at -10 C had tougher gels than those at -30 C, and values for haddock were higher than for cod. These changes were also reflected by differential scanning calorimetry.

È in corso la ricerca di dati su OpenAIRE...

Si è verificato un errore durante la ricerca dei dati su OpenAIRE

Nessun risultato disponibile

Il mio fascicolo 0 0