Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 132, Issue 3, Pages 1387-1394Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.11.126
Keywords
Actomyosin ATPase activity; SDH activity; Periodic acid-Schiff; Fast MyHC; Fast-twitch oxidative-glycolytic fibre; Rhea americana; Meat quality
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Histochemical and structural characteristics were investigated in Gastrocnemius pars inferno (GN) and Iliofiburalis (IF) limb muscles of Rhea americana. The average myofibre area cross-section was greater in GN than IF muscle (p < 0.001), whereas the fibre density per section was higher in IF than GN muscle. The only type of myofibre found in both the rhea limb muscles analysed in this study was fast-twitch oxidative-glycolytic fibres (FOG). Immunolabelling analysis and ultrastructural observation of myofibres confirmed the contractile and metabolic characteristics of rhea myofibres, revealing the absolute fast isoform of myosin heavy chain and the abundance of glycogen and mitochondria inside the cells, mainly in IF muscle. These findings converged with previous results on the biochemical and physicochemical characteristics of rhea meat to provide further evidence that myofibre composition substantially influences the oxidative reactions of the muscle and therefore the meat quality, but more in-depth examination is needed to establish the links between myofibre characteristics, myofibre glycogen concentration and meat stability during storage. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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