Meat and Meat Processing
In: Food Science and Technology
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 -- Incorporation of Agro-Industrial By-Products in the Diets of Animals: Improvement of Meat Quality Characteristics with Minimal Cost -- Abstract -- 1. Lipid Oxidation and Antioxidants in Biological and Food Systems -- 1.1. Oxidation Procedures -- 1.2. Antioxidants and Antioxidant Systems -- 1.3. Antioxidants, Meat Products and Nutrition-Related Diseases -- Application of Agro-Industrial By-Products in Animal Production and Effects on Meat Quality Characteristics -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Apple Pomace -- 2.3. Citrus Pulp -- 2.4. Grape Pomace or Marc -- 2.5. Olive Cake -- 2.6. Pomegranate By-Products -- 2.7. Tomato Pomace -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 -- Lipid and Protein Oxidation in Meat -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Lipid Oxidation -- 2.1. General Mechanisms -- 2.1.1. Primary and Secondary Products of Lipid Oxidation -- 2.2. Methods to Determine Lipid Oxidation -- 2.2.1. Determination of Primary Products of LOX -- 2.2.1.1. Hydroperoxides -- 2.2.1.2. Conjugated Dienes -- 2.2.2. Determination of Secondary Products of LOX -- 2.2.2.1. Malondialdehyde -- 2.2.2.2. Volatile Compounds: Propanal and Hexanal -- 3. Protein Oxidation -- 3.1. General Mechanisms -- 3.1.1. Generation of Protein Carbonyl Derivatives -- 3.2. Methods to Determine Protein Oxidation -- 3.2.1. Determination of Carbonyl Content -- 3.2.2. Determination of α-Aminoadipic Semialdehydes and γ-Glutamic Semialdehydes -- 4. Prooxidants -- 4.1. High Temperature -- 4.2. Light -- 4.3. Metals -- 4.4. Enzymes -- 5. Antioxidants -- 5.1. Synthetic Antioxidants -- 5.2. Natural Antioxidants -- 6. Influence of Pre-Harvest Factors on Oxidation Processes -- 6.1. Intrinsic Factors -- 6.1.1. Genetic and Breed -- 6.1.2. Animal Age and Sex -- 6.1.3. Muscle Type -- 6.2. Extrinsic Factors -- 6.2.1. Diet -- 6.2.2. Pre-Slaughter Management