NORADRENALINE (U.S. - NOREPINEPHRINE) – A catecholamine* neurotransmitter* found in the brain and periphery; implicated in the control of many important phenomena such as sleep, mood, arousal or blood pressure. ORGANELLES - Small structures within a cell, suspended in the cytoplasm*, which perform various vital functions e.g. mitochondria*. OXIDATIVE STRESS – imbalance between the level of free radicals (R*) and anti- oxidants, where (R*) dominate. It may lead to cell membrane damage and cell death, also in the brain. PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM – A part of the autonomic nervous system concerned with the conservation of the body’s energy and resources during relaxed states. PARIETAL LOBE – One of the four subdivisions of the cerebral cortex*. It plays a role in sensory processes, attention and language. PEPTIDES – Chemical substances made of larger number of amino acid* molecules
Oral Appeal The control of flavor deterioration in restruc- The texture and tenderness of restructured tured meats due to lipid oxidation can be whole-tissue meats can be improved by accomplished to varying degrees of success reducing the amount of connective tissue in by using chemical compounds such as anti- the meat to be restructured. Berry et al. oxidants and chelating agents, as well as by (1988) restructured beefsteaks to have extra- the exclusion of oxygen. The following were high, high, or low levels of connective tissue shown to inhibit or retard oxidation: EDTA and subjected the steaks to consumer sensory and ascorbic acid (Liu and Watts 1970); analysis, and found that the texture and 156 ppm nitrite, 0.5% tripolyphosphate, and
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