Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 31(1): 97-111, doi: 10.3750/AIP2001.31.1.06
Effect of freezing and salting on the activity of lipoxygenase of the muscle tissue and roe of Baltic herring
E. Samson, L. StodolnikCorresponding author: E. Samson © E. Samson, L. Stodolnik. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Samson E, Stodolnik L (2001) Effect of freezing and salting on the activity of lipoxygenase of the muscle tissue and roe of Baltic herring. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 31(1): 97-111. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIP2001.31.1.06 |  |
Abstract
Freezing followed by frozen storage of Baltic herring at -25°C for a period of 6 months resulted in lowering the activity of lipoxygenase of the muscle tissue down to 78.2% and of the roe-down to 70.0%. The activity of the enzyme, extracted from the muscle tissue, stored in a buffer solution at -10, -18, and -25°C declined in reverse proportion to the increase of the storage temperature. Salting of herring, until they reached from 9.8 to 18.5% of salt content in their muscle tissue caused a decline in the activity of lipoxygenase, which was in direct proportion to the concentration of salt. Lipoxygenase of roe was catalysed more extensively during the weak salting (9.8% NaCl) than it was during medium- (12.3% NaCl) or strong salting (18.3% NaCl).