Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2020, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (8): 1617-1626.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2020.08.011

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Effect of Nitric Oxide Synthetase Inhibitor on Yak Meat Quality During Post-Mortem Aging

LI XueRu,SHI XiXiong(),WANG JianZhong,ZHANG PanGao,TIAN Zhu,HAN Ling   

  1. College of Food Science and Engineering, Gansu Agricultural University, Lanzhou 730070
  • Received:2019-07-12 Accepted:2019-09-11 Online:2020-04-16 Published:2020-04-29
  • Contact: XiXiong SHI E-mail:sxix77@163.com

Abstract:

【Objective】The effect of nitric oxide on the yak meat quality of post-mortem was studied to provide a theoretical basis for improving the yak meat quality. 【Method】 The Longissimus Doris (LD) muscles of 3-5-year-old castrated Gannan yak were used as the material. After removing the fascia and fat, the LD was cut into uniform-sized slices (8 cm × 8 cm), and uniformly pierced with a 20 G needle. Subsequently, a part of each sample were immersed at deionized water (as the control group), and the remainders of the muscle samples were immersed at 1, 10, and 100 mmol L -1nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitor (N-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester hydrochloride) then aged at 4℃ for 0, 1, 3, 5, and 7 d, which served as treatment group. Then, the NOS activity, the content of nitric oxide, sulfhydryl, and carbonyl, the myofibrillar fragmentation index (MFI), pH and color were analyzed. 【Result】 The NOS activity and nitric oxide content of the meat sample in NOS inhibitor group were significantly decreased; at 7 d, the NOS activity of each NOS inhibitor treatment group was 30.9%, 43.6% and 74.7% lower than that of the control group, respectively. Nitric oxide levels were 4.7%, 12.5%, and 21.5% lower than the control group, respectively. The pH in the treatment group significantly decreased; at 7d, the treatment groups were 0.8%, 5.7%, and 15.2% lower than the control group, respectively. The 10 and 100 mmol L -1 NOS inhibitor treatment groups were significantly different compared with the control group. The treatment significantly reduced the carbonyl content of the yak meat; at 7 d, treatment groups were 4.1%, 19.0%, and 22.2% lower than the control group, respectively. The MFI of the treatment group increased significantly; at 7 d, treatment groups were 31.1%, 23.3%, and 9.6% lower than the control group, respectively. The total sulfhydryl content was significantly increased in the treatment groups; at 7d, the control group was 3.2%, 3.7%, and 2.7% lower than the NOS inhibitor treatment groups. In addition, the treatment significantly reduced the a* value and significantly increased the L* value of samples; at 7d, the a* values of each treatment groups were 7.1%, 40.2%, and 30.7% lower than the control group, respectively. The L* value of treatment groups were 1.1%, 2.0%, and 1.1% higher than the control group, respectively. 【Conclusion】 Nitric oxide promoted protein oxidation of yak meat post-mortem, inhibited tenderness of yak meat, decreased L * value and increased a * value, which adversely affected the quality of yak meat during post-mortem aging; NOS inhibitor inhibited NOS activity in muscle.

Key words: yak meat, post-mortem aging, nitric oxide, nitric oxide synthase inhibitor, yak meat quality

Fig. 1

Effects of different concentrations of NOS inhibitors on the content of NOS in yak meat Different uppercase letters indicate significant differences at different maturation times of the same treatment group (P<0.05), while different lowercase letters indicate significant differences between different treatment groups at the same time (P<0.05). The same as below"

Fig. 2

Effects of different concentrations of NOS inhibitors on the content of NO in yak meat"

Fig. 3

Effects of different concentrations of NOS inhibitors on pH of yak meat"

Table 1

Effects of different concentrations of NOS inhibitors on the chroma of yak meat"

分组
Grouping
色度
Chroma
宰后时间 Postmortem time (d)
0 1 3 5 7
对照
Control
L* 53.55±0.57Cb 56±0.8Bc 58.04±0.39Ab 57.35±0.05Ac 54.93±0.47Bb
a* 37.04±0.08Aa 37.77±0.80Aa 29.96±0.16Ba 26.2±0.85Ca 23.43±1.11Da
b* 11.00±0.30Cc 12.1±0.5Cc 14.03±0.21Bc 16.43±1.14Aa 17.73±1.0Aa
1 mmol∙L-1 L* 54.83±0.17Ca 58.18±0.20Ab 58.47±0.40Ab 58.1±0.35Abc 56.53±0.21Ba
a* 29.21±0.75Ab 28±0.40Ab 25.9±0.32Bb 24.07±0.32Cb 20.85±0.45Db
b* 13.01±0.16Cb 14.03±0.21Cb 15.53±0.71Bbc 18.03±0.76Aa 18.27±0.75Aa
10 mmol∙L-1 L* 54.73±0.65Ca 59.6±0.5Aa 60.37±1.54Aa 59.73±0.58Aa 57.07±1.46Ba
a* 25.58±0.75Ac 25.87±2.20Ab 24.47±1.26Ab 18.68±0.60Bc 13.4±0.81Cd
b* 14.32±0.92Ba 15.4±0.91Ba 15.3±1.4Bbc 17.73±1.01Aa 18.77±0.61Aa
100 mmol∙L-1 L* 54.45±0.52Dab 60.64±0.74Aa 60.33±0.64Aa 58.67±0.50Bb 56.57±0.68Ca
a* 23.36±0.80Ad 21.96±0.80ABc 20.03±1.75Bc 19.8±1.75Bc 15.53±1.52Cc
b* 15.06±0.40Da 15.93±0.23CDa 16.8±0.61BCa 17.4±0.3Ba 18.43±1.34Aa

Fig. 4

Effects of different concentrations of NOS inhibitors on MFI in yak meat"

Fig. 5

Effects of different concentrations of NOS inhibitors on carbonyl content of yak meat"

Fig. 6

Effects of different concentrations of NOS inhibitors on total sulfhydryl content in yak meat"

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