Aerobic Counts, Color and Adenine Nucleotide Changes in CO2 Packed Refrigerated Striped Bass Strips |
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| Authors: | C. HANDUMRONGKUL J.L. SILVA |
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| Affiliation: | Authors Handumrongkul and Silva are with the Dept. of Food Science &Technology, Box 9805, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Address inquiries to Dr. Silva. |
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| Abstract: | Hybrid striped bass (HSB) strips were dipped in chlorine or distilled water and packaged in 60% CO2, 6% O2, and 34% N2 (MAP) or in AIR. APC reached 108 CFU/g after 4 days for AIR and 10 days for MAP fish. Sensory panelists detected a whiter color flesh in fish treated with chlorine. Hypoxanthine increased while IMP decreased and ADP and ATP did not change throughout. If inosine was excluded in the predictor, a modified K value (K*) could be applicable as a freshness indicator of freshwater HSB but storage environment should be specified. K* values correlated highly with APC for AIR (R2= 0.84) and MAP packs (R2= 0.85). |
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| Keywords: | bass fish adenine nucleotides microbes inosine phosphate |
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