Endogenous skeletal muscle antioxidants
ReviewOther animals
- Design
- Review
- What was measured
- Review of endogenous antioxidant systems in skeletal muscle (alpha-tocopherol, histidine-containing dipeptides and antioxidant enzymes) and their influence on oxidative stability of muscle foods.
What the authors reported
Carnosine and anserine concentrations vary widely by species and muscle type and are less affected by diet than alpha-tocopherol or glutathione peroxidase. Carnosine exceeds anserine in pig, beef and turkey muscle while anserine predominates in rabbit, salmon and chicken; chicken white muscle contains over five times more of the dipeptides than red muscle. The dipeptides are thought to inhibit lipid oxidation through radical scavenging and metal chelation.
Limits of this study
Food science review focused on meat quality. Abstract only.
Source
PubMed 7945896 · doi:10.1080/10408399409527669
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