SUMMARY—Solubility of intramuscular collagen was studied as affected by chronological maturity in 15 bovine longissimus dorsi and 15 semimembranosus muscles and as affected by post‐mortem contraction state in the semitendinosus of 7 animals. Collagen solubility decreased significantly with each advancing maturity group in both longissimus dorsi and semimembranosus muscles. Collagen solubility was also higher (P0.05) to panel tenderness in either muscle (r =−0.42 and −0.48 for longissimus dorsi and semimembranosus, respectively). Neither collagen solubility nor collagen content was significantly affected by post‐mortem contraction state. Furthermore, collagen solubility did not increase significantly with post‐mortem aging u
展开▼
