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Fish Skeletal Muscle:Adenoisine Triphosphate And Adenine Nucleotide Metabolites In Relation To The Texture And Quality Of Fish, Carmel Wills
Fish Skeletal Muscle:Adenoisine Triphosphate And Adenine Nucleotide Metabolites In Relation To The Texture And Quality Of Fish, Carmel Wills
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The changes which occurred in the concentrations of ATP, ADP, AMP, inosine monophosphate, inosine and hypoxanthine in skeletal muscle of rainbow trout, salmon and goldfish during the onset and resolution of rigor mortis were investigated. The effects of ante mortem handling and methods of slaughter on the concentrations of these nucleotides in muscle immediately after death and during storage of fish at 3° and at -30° were examined. Very careful handling of fish and killing by a method which did not cause contraction of muscle were essential if concentrations of ATP were to be at levels indicative of resting muscle …