01378naa a2200253 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902400440006010000170010424500980012126000090021952006740022865000190090265000140092165000190093565000150095465000100096965000180097965000100099770000190100770000140102670000220104077300620106215236232025-07-01       1989    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d7 a10.1111/J.1365-2621.1989.TB05995.X2DOI1 aRONCALES, P.  aA simple method for following postmortem ATP depletion in lamb muscle.h[electronic resource]  c1989  aRelationship between adenosine 5′-triphosphate (ATP) concentration and R-value, defined as the absorption ratio of the degradation derivatives inosine 5′-monophosphate (IMP), inosine and hypoxanthine (E250) to adenosine nucleotides (E260), was studied in postmortem lamb Longissimus dorsi, until onset of rigor mortis, at different temperatures of muscle storage and lamb carcass weight. Results showed a high overall correlation coefficient (r =−0.960), nondependent of storage temperature or carcass weight. Thus, lamb postmortem ATP concentrations can be indirectly calculated through a simple, rapid, economic and reliable method such as R-value measurements.  aCarcass weight  aLamb meat  aMeat carcasses  aSheep meat  aCarne  aConservação  aOvino1 aBELTRAN, J. A.1 aJAIME, I.1 aLOPEZ-LORENZO, P.  tJournal of Food Sciencegv. 54, n. 5, p. 1365-1366, 1989.