Table 2. Effect of collagenolytic proteases and aging time on TCA-soluble peptides, TBARS, and cooking loss of goat meats

Variable TCA-soluble peptides (μmol tyrosine/g sample) TBARS (mg MDA/kg sample) Cooking loss (%)
Enzyme
 Control 2.36b 1.06 21.27a
 B13 3.35a 1.22 19.65b
 S6 3.21a 1.17 19.76b
 SE 0.08 0.05 0.15
 p-value p<0.05 ns p<0.05
Aging time
 Day 0 1.55d 0.36d 20.90a
 Day 3 1.78d 0.51cd 21.14a
 Day 5 2.90c 0.65c 20.63ab
 Day 7 3.46b 1.12b 20.13b
 Day 14 3.96a 2.07a 19.36c
 Day 21 4.18a 2.18a 19.21c
 SE 0.11 0.07 0.22
 p-value p<0.05 p<0.05 p<0.05
Interaction (enzyme aging)
 p-value p<0.05 ns ns
All data are least square means.
Different subscripts within the same column indicate significant differences among enzyme-treated sample (control, B13 and S6; p<0.05) and during aging time (0, 1, 3, 5, 7, 14 and 21 days; p<0.05).
TCA, trichloroacetic acid; TBARS, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances; MDA, Malondialdehyde; ns, not significant.