Tauropine and D-Lactate as Metabolic Stress Indicators during Transport and Storage of Live Paua, (New Zealand Abalone) (Haliotis iris)
BALDWIN, J. ; WELLS, R.M.G. ; LOW, M. ; RYDER, J.M.
Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Published 1992
Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Published 1992
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1750-3841
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Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
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Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
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Pyruvate reductase end products were evaluated as specific indicators of anaerobic stress in the New Zealand paua (Haliotis iris). The foot and shell adductor muscles contained D-lactate and tauropine dehydrogenases: the latter was isolated for the enzymatic determination of tauropine in muscle extracts. Enforced exercise and prolonged exposure to air led to accumulation of tauropine, and to a lesser extent D-lactate, in the foot and adductor. Exercise decreased the glycogen content of both muscles and adenylate energy change in the adductor. Monitoring tauropine and D-lactate should prove useful for quality control of live abalone during culture, transport and storage.
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Electronic Resource
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