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The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of ultrasound bath intensity, CaCl2 and sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) concentration on the ultrastructure of longissimus muscle fiber from milk goats. The sarcomere length was measured by atomic force microscopy. According to the results of AFM images, the sarcomere length is longest when the conditions were an intensity of 100 W ultrasound bath (42.77% increment), a concentration of 300 mM CaCl2 injection (44.68% increment) or 90 mM STPP injection (19.41% increment). Apart from the sarcomere length, the study put forward a potential index (roughness) to represent tenderness of meat which was treated by ultrasound bath. Among different methods, ultrasound bath was chosen as the preferred tenderization method. SCANNING 38:545-553, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this study was to analyze the effects of ultrasound bath intensity, CaCl 2 and sodium tripolyphosphate (STPP) concentration on the ultrastructure of longissimus muscle fiber from milk goats. The sarcomere length was measured by atomic force microscopy. According to the results of AFM images, the sarcomere length is longest when the conditions were an intensity of 100 W ultrasound bath (42.77% increment), a concentration of 300 mM CaCl 2 injection (44.68% increment) or 90 mM STPP injection (19.41% increment). Apart from the sarcomere length, the study put forward a potential index (roughness) to represent tenderness of meat which was treated by ultrasound bath. Among different methods, ultrasound bath was chosen as the preferred tenderization method. SCANNING 38:545-553, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., (© Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)