Accepted Manuscript Effect of electron beam irradiation on quality and protein nutrition values of spicy yak jerky Liming Zhao, Yin Zhang, Zhongli Pan, Chandrasekar Venkitasamy, Longyi Zhang, Wei Xiong, Siya Guo, Hu Xia, Wenlong Liu PII:
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Effect of electron beam irradiation on quality and protein
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nutrition values of spicy yak jerky
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Liming Zhao1,2, Yin Zhang1*, Zhongli Pan3,4, Chandrasekar Venkitasamy3, Longyi
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Zhang1, Wei Xiong1, Siya Guo1, Hu Xia1, Wenlong Liu1
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To investigate the effect of electron beam irradiation on quality and protein nutrition values of
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spicy yak jerky (SYJ), irradiation doses of 0, 2, 5, 7 and 9 kGy were used to treat SYJ. The
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results showed that the color preference, taste, hardness, and gumminess of SYJ decreased
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with the increase in the irradiation dose, while the drip loss, off- odor of SYJ increased with
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increase in irradiation dose. Free radicals produced by electron beam irradiation might be the
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reason for these quality changes of SYJ. This is supported by the increase in the TBARS and
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decrease in the capsanthin content of SYJ with the increase in irradiation dose. Low dose of
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irradiation didn’t result in obvious changes of the protein biological value of SYJ, but an
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irradiation dose of 9 kGy led to significant (P<0.05) decrease of biological efficiency of
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protein in SYJ.
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Spicy yak jerky; irradiation; sensory attribute; snack foods
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1 Introduction Irradiation has been considered as an effective method to remove micro-organisms, which
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cause food spoilage, and to eliminate disease- causing pathogenic organisms in foods
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(Grolichová, Dvo, Musilová, Grolichová, Dvo & Musilová, 2004), especially for meat and
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meat products (Gants, 1998). Since the FDA approved using irradiation to treat meat in 1997
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(Jouki & Yazdi, 2014), there have been many investigations on irradiation processing of meat
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and meat products, such as bacon, ham (Kiss, Beczner, Zachariev & Kovács, 1990), beef
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burgers (Dempster, Hawrysh, Shand, Lahola-Chomiak & Corletto, 1985), sausages (Kiss,
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Beczner, Zachariev & Kovács, 1990), etc. Recently, ready- to- eat beef jerky (Kim, Chun,
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Song & Song, 2010), cured pork jerky (Kim, Kang & Jo, 2012), Wuxi meat gluten (Zhang,
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Tang & Wu, 2012), hams (Chen & Quan, 2013), and vacuum-packed lamb meat (Fregonesi,
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Portes, Aguiar, Figueira, Gonçalves, Arthur et al., 2014) were irradiated to sterilize bacteria
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and prolong shelf life. However, fewer investigations have been done on the effect of ionizing
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irradiation on quality and protein nutrition values of spicy yak jerky (SYJ).
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SYJ is a typical snack meat product in China; its spicy taste and beautiful color earns wide
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reputation among the consumers. It is often sold as a local specialty and it is becoming more
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and more popular with the rapid development of the tourism industry in China (Church,
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MacIntyre, Archambault, Moote, Cochran, Durance et al., 2013; Xie, Li, Zhang, Jia, Li, Sun
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et al., 2013). Steam processing (121.1 °C, 0.355 MPa) is usually adopted to sterilize SYJ after
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it has been vacuum packed (Wang & Li, 2005; Wang, Li & Lei, 2016). Sterilization by steam
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is a cumbersome process with high energy consumption and it also causes degradation of food
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quality (Huang & Huan, 2016; Tornberg, 2005). Therefore, snack food producers are looking
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for an alternative method for sterilization of SYJ. In this study, electron beam irradiation was
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used to sterilize the SYJ. The irradiation process can cause quality changes of meat products
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(Du, Hur & Ahn, 2002) and modify nutritive values of food (Dionísio, Gomes & Oetterer,
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2009). Therefore, the objective of this research was to investigate the effect of electron beam
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irradiation treatment on quality and protein nutrition values of SYJ.
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2 Material and methods
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2.1 Preparation of SYJ
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Frozen yak meat was thawed in the refrigerator (Haier BCD-460WDGZ, Qingdao, China)
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at 0 to 4 °C for 24 h. The thawed yak meat was pretreated by removing any visible fat, tendon
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muscle membrane, and the color-changed edge meat. The pretreated meat was washed with
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ice and running water at less than 10 °C for 2 h to remove blood and to reduce smell. The
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washed meat was drained for 3 h at 4 to 8 °C in the refrigerator (Haier BCD-460WDGZ,
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Qingdao, China). Four kilograms of the washed yak meat was boiled in a pressure cooker
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(internal pressure 80 kPa, 117 °C -118 ℃) for 1 h. The boiled meat was sliced into length of
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20 mm ±1 mm, width of 10 mm ± 1 mm, and thickness of 5 mm ± 1 mm chops.
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The meat chops were stir-fried in soybean oil (Yihai Kerry Food Marketing Limited,
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Shanghai, China) with a mass ratio of meat to oil of 5:1 at 120 ± 3 °C for 5 min, and then
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mixed with a meat and seasoning mixture in mass ratio of 1:0.425. The seasoning mixture is
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composed of salt, monosodium glutomate (MSG), sugar, red chili pepper powder, and
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Szechuan pepper corns in mass ratio of 14.29%, 7.14%, 57.14%, 10.71%, 10.71%,
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respectively. The obtained product was divided into 20 equal parts. Each part was packaged
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with a DZ-500-2S double chamber vacuum packing machine (Dajiang machinery equipment
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Accelerator Technology Co. Ltd., Qingdao, China) at Sichuan Yun Xiang Irradiation
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Technology Co., Ltd. (Meishan, China) at 12 ± 0.5 °C. Beam current of 2.0 mA± 5% and dose
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rate of 5.8kGy/s were used for irradiation of SYJ samples. Four packed samples were treated
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at each dose. The dose was established using 5-mm diameter alanine dosimeters (Bruker
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2.3 Sensory Analysis
To analyze any possible negative effects of irradiation on sensory quality of SYJ, the
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sensory attributes of the SYJ was analyzed according to method of Kanatt, Chander and
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Sharma (2005) and Khattak and Simpson (2009). The sensory attributes were evaluated
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within one day after the irradiation treatment. Off-odor, color preference, and taste of SYJ
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were taken as sensory indices, and a 10-point numerical scale was adopted to indicate quality
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changes. To measure off- odor, the scale was 0: normal, 2: little smell, 4: slightly obvious, 6:
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obvious, 8: more obvious, 10: extremely obvious; for color preference, 0: extremely poor, 2:
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very poor, 4: poor, 6: acceptable, 8: good, 10: excellent; regarding taste, 0: normal, 2: little
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changed, 4: slightly changed, 6: poor, 8: very poor, 10: extremely poor. Each panelist received
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five coded samples (one non-irradiated, and four irradiated samples; one at each dose). All the
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SYJ samples were tasted by 25 persons. Before tasting, the SYJ samples were kept in air for 1
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2.4 Texture Profile Texture profile of the SYJ was analyzed using a texture analyzer, TA-XT2i (Stable Micro
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Systems, Surrey, U.K.) according to the method reported by Zhang, Zeng, Zhu, Zhou and Han
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at room temperature (25 °C ~ 30 °C). At least nine SYJ chops (length of 20mm, width of
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10mm and thickness of 5mm) were equilibrated and evaluated at room temperature (25 °C ~
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package was fixed onto a stainless table, and a BenQ S1430 digital camera was used to take
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pictures of the SYJ samples. The distance between the camera and sample was fixed at 300
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mm. According to the pictures, the area of juice around the yak pieces and the area of the yak
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pieces were determined with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro (Adobe, USA). The drip loss (%) was
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There are 11 unsaturated bonds in the capsanthin molecule. The unsaturated bonds in
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capsanthin molecule are the reason for having a maximum light absorption at 460 nm. To
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capsanthin in the SYJs was determined using the method of Xu, Ma, Gu and Meng (2009)
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capsanthin standard curve. The content of capsanthin was expressed as mg capsanthin per g of
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2.7 Measurement of Lipid Peroxidation
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determined according to the method of Alasnier, Meynier, Viau and Gandemer (2000). A 4 g
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BHT (10 µg BHT•g-1 of lipids). It was then filtered through a Whatman filter (No. 4). The
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same amounts of the filtrate and 0.02 mol•L-1 TBA were heated in a boiling water (95 °C)
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bath for 30 min, cooled, and their absorbance measured at 532 nm. The amount of TBARS
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The chopped SYJ samples (25 g) in duplicate from the irradiated and non-irradiated control
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batches were aseptically homogenized for 1 min with sterile saline (225 mL) in a Stomacher
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(Seward Medical, UK). Appropriate serial dilutions of the homogenate were carried out. Total
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pre-column derivation by a Shimadzu LC-15C HPLC system, after the defatted SYJ was
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protein efficiency ratio (PER) (Alsmeyer, Cunningham & Happich, 1974; FAO/WHO/UNU,
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number of amino acids; m - the number of essential amino acids; AA - the content of amino
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acid in reference (FAO/WHO/UNU, 1985) suggested pattern of protein requirement; aa - the
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content of amino acid in SYJ sample; and k - the number of amino acid type (Alsmeyer,
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Data variance analysis and mean comparisons were run by Duncan’s multiple range test
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3.1 Effect of electron beam irradiation on quality of SYJ
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3.1.1 Effect of electron beam irradiation on sensory attributes of SYJ
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Effect of electron beam irradiation on sensory attributes of SYJ is shown in Fig. 1. The data
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Off-odor of the SYJ irradiated with 5 kGy was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that of SYJ
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treated with 2 kGy; off-odor of the SYJ irradiated with 9 kGy was significantly (P<0.05)
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higher than that of SYJ treated with 5 kGy. There was no significant (P>0.05) difference
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between off-odor of the SYJ irradiated with 0 and 2 kGy, or with 7 and 9 kGy. Similar
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irradiation dose. Compared with the control, the color preference of the SYJ decreased
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significantly (P<0.05) when it was irradiated with 5, 7 and 9 kGy. Similar significant
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acceptance (Bower & Whitten, 2007). The data in Fig. 1 suggested that selecting a proper
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smell and a brown color (Ahn, Jo, Du, Olson & Nam, 2000; Smulders, Van Laack &
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Eikelenboom, 1991). Therefore, free radical reaction might have resulted in the increase of
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off-odor in SYJ, and decrease of the color preference and taste of SYJ with the increase in
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irradiation dose. Several reasons for the off-odor of irradiated foods were reported. Gray,
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Gomaa and Buckley (1996) concluded that lipid oxidation was the primary reason for
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off-odor as meat products were irradiated. Du, Hur and Ahn (2002) reported that both lipid
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oxidation of products and sulfur-containing volatiles were responsible for meat irradiation
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odor. However, Ahn, Jo and Olson (2000) thought that the radiolytic breakdown of
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sulfur-containing amino acids is the main reason of the off-odor. As consumers’ responses to
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sensory changes of the irradiated meat products are quite negative (Al-Bachir, 2013; Du, Hur
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increase in irradiation dose. Compared with the control, an irradiation dose of 2 kGy resulted
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in no significant (P>0.05) difference to hardness and gumminess of SYJ, but irradiation doses
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of 5, 7, and 9 kGy led to significant (P<0.05) decrease of the hardness and gumminess.
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Both hardness and gumminess reflect the resistance of a meat product to breakage of
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internal texture (Zhang, Wang & Zhang, 2010). Irradiation resulted in textural changes and
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irradiation dose. Textural properties are important to food product development (Saláková,
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that the drip loss of SYJ increased with the increase in irradiation dose. The drip loss of the
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SYJ irradiated with 2 kGy was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that of the control and drip
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loss of the SYJ irradiated with 5 kGy was significantly (P<0.05) higher than that of the SYJ
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irradiated with 2 kGy. There was no significant (P>0.05) difference in drip loss as the SYJ
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was irradiated with 5, 7 and 9 kGy. Similar drip loss patterns occurred as pork fillet (GU,
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structure of meat and meat products (GU, 2013; Ma, Nan & Dai, 2003). The results of drip
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loss shown in Fig. 3 suggested that more serious fat oxidation and meat protein damages
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doses of 5, 7, and 9 kGy were significantly (P<0.05) lower than the control. There was no
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chili pepper. It makes the chili pepper powder appear red, and it endows SYJ with beautiful
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red color. There are 11 unsaturated bonds in the capsanthin molecule. Irradiation-induced free
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radical reaction resulted in the breakdown of unsaturated bonds (Al-Bachir, 2013; Du, Hur &
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TBARS value indicated that more lipid oxidation has taken place, and produced more volatile
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substances which decreased the sensory quality of meat products (Jo & Ahn, 1998). The
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TBARS of the SYJs in Fig. 5 indicated that the TBARS of the SYJ increased with an increase
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in irradiation dose. The TBARS of the SYJ irradiated with 5, 7, and 9 kGy were significantly
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(P<0.05) higher than that of the control. There was no significant (P>0.05) difference between
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the TBARS of the SYJ irradiated with 0 and 2 kGy. These results are consistent with the
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off-odor of the SYJ, which increased with the increase in irradiation energy (Fig. 1).
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Ramírez & Carrasco, 2009). These chemical reactions lead to undesired organoleptic changes,
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losses of unsaturated chemicals, and damages of meat protein (Ahn, Jo & Olson, 2000;
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Grolichova, Dvořák & Musilova, 2004). Therefore, the results of irradiation dose on content
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effect of irradiation on C.botulinum or salmonella enteritidis in SYJ.
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but an irradiation dose of 9 kGy resulted in significant (P<0.05) decrease of the TAA of SYJ.
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of the SYJs were compared. Irradiation resulting in the decrease of amino acids were also
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of 9 kGy resulted in significant (P<0.05) decrease of the EAAI. The protein efficiency ratio
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7 [kGy]
9 [kGy]
9.701±0.072
9.626±0.071
9.676±0.071
9.601±0.071
9.228±0.068
Glutamic acid
20.776±0.153
20.526±0.152
20.601±0.152
20.826±0.154
19.875±0.147
Serine
3.800±0.028
3.975±0.029
3.825±0.028
3.750±0.028
3.620±0.027
Glycine
4.750±0.035
4.925±0.036
4.625±0.034
4.450±0.033
4.500±0.033
Histidine
3.575±0.026
3.550±0.026
3.500±0.026
4.075±0.030
4.272±0.032
Arginine
6.525±0.048
6.425±0.047
6.500±0.048
6.250±0.046
5.751±0.042
Alanine
6.050±0.045
6.100±0.045
6.000±0.044
5.775±0.043
5.773±0.043
Proline
4.600±0.034
4.900±0.036
4.425±0.033
3.650±0.027
4.572±0.034
Threonine
4.450±0.033
4.425±0.033
4.450±0.033
4.350±0.032
4.225±0.031
Tyrosine
3.125±0.023
3.075±0.023
3.075±0.023
3.225±0.024
3.322±0.025
Valine
5.025±0.037
4.975±0.037
5.025±0.037
4.800±0.035
4.710±0.035
Methionine
2.475±0.018
2.450±0.018
2.100±0.016
2.250±0.017
2.347±0.017
Cystine
0.800±0.006
0.850±0.006
0.625±0.005
0.800±0.006
0.767±0.006
Isoleucine
4.700±0.035
4.575±0.034
4.625±0.034
4.600±0.034
4.498±0.033
Leucine Phenylalanine
8.625±0.064 4.150±0.031
8.475±0.063 5.400±0.040
8.550±0.063 5.075±0.037
8.275±0.061 5.950±0.044
8.188±0.060 4.150±0.031
Lysine
8.500±0.063
8.100±0.060
8.475±0.063
8.350±0.062
8.079±0.060
Total amino acids (TAA), [g•(100g)-1] Total essential amino acids (TEAA) [g•(100g)-1] *Essential amino acid index (EAAI) **Essential amino acid index (EAAI) Protein efficiency ratio (PER)
101.631±0.751a
102.356±0.756a
101.156±0.747a
100.980±0.746a
97.878±0.723b
37.927±0.280a
38.402±0.284a
38.302±0.283a
38.577±0.285a
36.198±0.267b
0.164±0.001ab
0.165±0.001a
0.162±0.001b
0.164±0.001ab
0.158±0.001c
0.306±0.002ab
0.308±0.002a
0.302±0.002b
0.306±0.002ab
0.295±0.002c
3.057±0.026b
3.091±0.026ab
2.950±0.025c
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