Liha töötlemine
Some
ity of nonaqueous constituents (like proteins) of the factors that can influence the retention
and has reduced mobility (i.e., does not easily of entrapped water include manipulation of
move to other compartments). This water is the net charge of myofibrillar proteins and
very resistant to freezing and to being driven the structure of the muscle cell and its com-
off by conventional heating (Fennema 1985). ponents (myofibrils, cytoskeletal linkages,
True bound water is a very small fraction of and membrane permeability), as well as the
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amount of extracellular space within the relaxation (Millman et al. 1981; Millman
muscle itself. et al. 1983). This would indicate that in living
muscle the amount of water within the fila-