Use of magnetic resonance imaging to study the binding of manganese ions in brine‐cured pork

Thierry M. Guiheneuf, Suzanne L. Duce, Stephen J. Gibbs, Laurance D. Hall

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    Abstract

    Saturation recovery Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has been used to study the dependence of the water proton NMR longitudinal relaxation rate (T1−1) on Mn2+ concentration in pork which had been cured with 53, 102, and 193 mg g−1 NaCl solutions. Those data are discussed in the context of meat swelling, determined independently by gravimetric water uptake. The utility of manganese ions as a paramagnetic tracer to probe the ability of brined pork to bind Mn2+ ions was further demonstrated in a two‐dimensional inter‐diffusion experiment which visualized perfusion of a given manganese ion concentration through a cylindrical sample of 102 mg g−1 NaCl cured pork.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)447-459
    Number of pages13
    JournalInternational Journal of Food Science & Technology
    Volume30
    Issue number4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 1995

    Keywords

    • Atomic absorption
    • diffusion
    • divalent ion
    • ion binding
    • nuclear magnetic resonance
    • pork brining
    • sodium ion

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Food Science
    • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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