The growing demand for simulated fish products coupled with the declining stocks of traditional fish species for making these products, have increased efforts aimed at developing novel procedures to put non-traditional fish species like bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) and tilapia (Tilapia nilotica) to better economic use. Two procedures which fulfill both objectives are (i) application of high hydrostatic pressure, and (ii) utilization of protease inhibitor to control fresh fish spoilage due to microbial activity and/or autolysis by endogenous enzymes. High hydrostatic pressure has been used to formulate gels with superior functional properties, while $ alpha sb2$-macroglobulin, a broad spectrum protease inhibitor, has been added to control proteolysis in fish gels during processing and storage. / In this study, high pressure was applied at levels of 300 to 3,742 atm for 30 min to formulate gels from bluefish meat paste, and the properties of the resulting gels were compared with those of heat-induced gels formulated at 90$ sp circ$C for 20 min or 60$ sp circ$C for 60 min. / The effects of $ alpha sb2$-macroglobulin and cooking temperatures on the properties of tilapia gels were also studied. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.23423 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Creators | Sareevoravitkul, Ramon |
| Contributors | Simpson, B. K. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001488798, proquestno: MM12265, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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