| Myofibrillar protein and sarcoplasmic protein | Gamma ray | 3, 5, and 7 kGy | - Total sulfhydryl group and free thiol groups decreased with increasing dose in both proteins.- Surface charge of myofibrillar protein increased when irradiated with 3 and 5 kGy.- Surface charge of sarcoplasmic protein decreased with increasing dose. | Li et al. (2018a) |
| Myofibrillar protein and sarcoplasmic protein | Gamma ray | 3, 5, and 7 kGy | - Disulfide bonds in both proteins were decreased with increasing dose in both proteins.- Myofibrillar protein solubility increased with increasing dose.- Sarcoplasmic protein solubility decreased after irradiation. | Li et al. (2018b) |
| M. biceps femoris muscles from porcine | Gamma ray | 3, 5, and 7 kGy | - Myosin and collagen were degraded by irradiation, which increase tenderness in a dose-dependent manner. | Zhang et al. (2020) |
| Tegillarca granosa meat | Electron beam | 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 kGy | - Actin, paramyosin, and myosin heavy chain (MHC) were degraded by irradiation.- α-Helix content of myofbrillar protein decreased and β-sheet content of myofbrillar protein increased by irradiation.- Irradiation of 5 kGy or above induced significant decrease in total sulfhydryl content and Ca2+-ATPase activity of myofibrillar protein. | Lv et al. (2018) |
| Myofibrillar protein from grass carps | Gamma ray | 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 kGy | - Emulsifying activity and stability decreased with increasing dose.- Surface hydrophobicity increased by irradiation.- Total sulfhydryl group and free thiol group decreased with increasing dose.- MHC was degraded by irradiation. | Shi et al. (2015) |
| Myofibrillar protein from chicken | Gamma ray | 3, 7, and 10 kGy | - Myofibrillar protein solubility decreased by irradiation to the significantly identical level, regardless of radiation dose. | Choi et al. (2015) |
| M. biceps femoris of lamb and buffalo and M. pectoralis major of chicken | Gamma ray | 2.5, 5, and 10 kGy | - Myofibrillar protein solubility, sarcoplasmic protein solubility, and collagen solubility of muscles increased with increasing dose.- CIE a* of muscles increased by irradiation. | Kanatt et al. (2015) |
| M. biceps femoris, M. semitendinosus, and M. semimembranosus from porcine | Gamma ray, electron beam, X-ray | 5 kGy | - CIE a* was decreased by all radiation.- Myofibrillar protein solubility and sarcoplasmic protein solubility were decreased by irradiation. | Kim et al. (2017) |
| Pork ham | Gamma ray, electron beam, X-ray | 10 kGy | - CIE a* of raw meat emulsion irradiated X-ray was increased.- Myofibrillar protein solubility was increased and sarcoplasmic protein solubility was decreased by irradiation. | Kim et al. (2020) |
| Duck breast | Electron beam | 3 and 7 kGy | - Metmyoglobin content was increased, and oxymyoglobin content and CIE a* of duck breast meat were decreased by irradiation of 7 kGy electron beam. | Arshad et al. (2020) |
| M. semimembranosus from bovine | Electron beam and X-ray | 5 kGy | - CIE a* was decreased by irradiation.- Sarcoplasmic protein pattern did not change in SDS-PAGE. | Kim et al. (2018) |
| M. longissimus lumborum from Nellore bovine | Gamma ray | 3, 6, and 9 kGy | - Soluble collagen content was increased by irradiation.- Metmylglobin content was increased by irradiation with increasing dose. | Rodrigues et al. (2020) |