Table 4. Sulfhydryl group and protein surface hydrophobicity of myofibrillar protein gels with 1% gelatin by different salt concentration

Control Gelatin
0.15 M 0.30 M 0.45 M 0.15 M 0.30 M 0.45 M
Sulfhydryl group (μmol/g proteins) 78.3±0.20a 37.8±0.72b 13.6±1.24c 77.1±0.20a 38.2±0.46b 14.3±0.59c
Protein surface hydrophobicity (μg) 14.4 ±0.07d 14.8 ±0.14d 35.3 ±0.12b 15.3 ±0.35c 15.2 ±0.31c 50.9 ±0.28a
Means (n=3) having same superscripts in a same row are not different (p>0.05).