Probiotic intervention is an effective strategy to alleviate oxidative stress-related diseases. Our previous studies found that NJAU-01 (NJAU-01) exhibited antioxidant effects in a D-galactose (D-gal)-induced aging mouse model. However, the underlying mechanism remains to be unveiled.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, the potential effect of nitric oxide (NO) on improving the fresh meat quality of pork was primarily investigated by treatment of longissimus thoracis (LT) with 0, 20, 40, 60, 80 μL/L NO gas within 6 h post-slaughter. After the NO treatments were completed, the pork chops were vacuum-packaged and stored at 4 °C for 1, 4, and 7 d. Compared with the control group, NO treatment enhanced ultimate pH and a* value, and decreased the total bacterial count.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this paper, the protein changes during aging and the differences in the myofibrillar protein fraction at 1 h postmortem of pale, soft and exudative (PSE), and red, firm and non-exudative (RFN) pork (LT) were comparatively studied. The PSE and RFN groups were screened out based on the differences in their pH and lightness () at 1 h, and their purge loss at 24 h postmortem. Based on the measured MFI, desmin degradation, and sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) analysis, PSE meat presented more significant changes in the myofibrillar protein fraction compared to RFN meat during postmortem aging.
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