Applications of NMR Spectroscopy in Meat Science

Within meat science, NMR spectroscopy has mainly been carried out on 3H, 13C and 31P, which all are nuclei with a nuclear spin of /= 1/2. Most relevant data on each nucleus will be reviewed in the following. 

The most widely used nucleus in biological NMR spectroscopic studies is the 31P nucleus. The reason is that its natural abundance is 100%, and its 

In conclusion, 31P NMR spectroscopy has already displayed metabolic differences between the muscle types, which could contribute to a better understanding of observed variations in properties among different muscle types and the significance of muscle type for meat quality. 

An area where 31P NMR spectroscopy has been widely used is in the studies on the phenomenon of malignant hyperthermia. The syndrome is initiated by halothane and therefore also referred to as halothane susceptibility, and the gene associated with the defect is named the halothane 

Dietary magnesium supplementation prior to slaughter has been reported to have a positive effect on meat quality,192 198 which can be explained by the ability of magnesium to counteract the effects of catecholamine in stress situations.199 200 Moesgaard et al.201 investigated how dietary 

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