Table 1.
Musclesǂ | WBSF(kgf) | Hardness(kgf)Ψ | Springiness | Cohesiveness | Chewiness | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raw | Cooked | Raw | Cooked | Raw | Cooked | Raw | Cooked | Raw | Cooked | |
PM | 2.87bY | 3.99cX | 2.47cbY | 4.22cX | 1.04aX | 0.49dY | 0.01 | 0.01b | 0.16aX | 0.00cY |
LT | 2.74bY | 4.30bX | 2.09cY | 5.86bX | 0.69c | 0.74cb | 0.01Y | 0.02abX | 0.04b | 0.02c |
GM | 3.25bY | 4.56bX | 2.91cbY | 6.13abX | 0.93abcX | 0.70cY | 0.01 | 0.01b | 0.1ab | 0.08bc |
SM | 4.01bY | 5.06bX | 3.19bY | 6.50abX | 0.98ab | 0.85b | 0.01Y | 0.01aX | 0.1ab | 0.24b |
BF | 6.07aY | 7.59aX | 4.42aY | 7.71aX | 1.06a | 1.18a | 0.01Y | 0.02aX | 0.14aY | 0.48aX |
TB | 7.64aY | 8.46aX | 6.42aY | 8.96abX | 0.76bc | 0.89bc | 0.01 | 0.01b | 0.09ab | 0.12bc |
SEM | 0.92 | 0.29 | 0.32 | 0.51 | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.001 | 0.002 | 0.02 | 0.06 |
F value (Muscle df 5/53; Treatment df 1/107) | ||||||||||
Muscle | 6.85*** | 8.46*** | 9.56*** | 5.36*** | 2.84* | 11.6*** | 0.61 | 3.92** | 2.7* | 10.5*** |
Treat. | 7.50** | 115.32*** | 4.38* | 2.27 | 4.33* |
ǂPM, Psoas major; LT, Longissimus thoracis; GM, Gluteus medius; SM, Semimembranosus; BF, Biceps femoris; TB, Triceps brachi. a-c, means within each column with different superscripts are significantly different
X, Ymeans within each row with different superscripts are significantly different
***p < 0.001, **p < 0.01, *p < 0.05. df, degrees of freedom
ΨHardness: the peak force that occurs during the first compression, Springiness = Length 2/Length 1; Cohesiveness = Area 2/Area 1; Chewiness = Hardness x Springiness x Cohesiveness (Fig. 2)