Effects of Formaldehyde on Salt Extractable Proteins of Gadoid Muscle

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Castell, C. H., Smith, B., Dyer, W. J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1973
• Subjects: General Medicine; Hake; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f73-191; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f73-191

Addition of formaldehyde to fresh cod muscle, to give concentrations of 10 to 200 ppm, brought about marked decreases in the extractable protein content during holding periods of 24 hr or less at 0 C. Similar levels of formaldehyde, produced during frozen storage of gadoid (Atlantic cod, Gadus morhu...