Antimicrobial activity of essential oils is widely known, but their application to fish preservation is already limited. The objective was to evaluate the microbiological characteristics and quality changes in turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) fillets with essential oil fumigation treatments over 20 days stored at 2±1°C. The turbot fillets were fumigated with a series of concentrations (1, 4, and 8 μL/L) of essential oils of clove, cumin, and spearmint. Changes in the color, texture profile analysis (TPA), peroxide value (PV), 2-thiobarbituric acid (TBA), total volatile basic nitrogen (TVB-N), trimethylamine nitrogen (TMA-N), microbial characteristics (total viable count, psychrotrophic count, pseudomonads, Shewanella putrefaciens, Enterobacteriaceae, and lactic acid bacteria count) were measured. The results showed the turbot fillets from the control group were the first (day 10) to indicate signs of degradation reaching rejection threshold values for all evaluated parameters. All essential oils could inhibit the oxidation of turbot fillets, and the most effective essential oil was spearmint oil. Fumigated with 4 μL/L spearmint oil maintained the color and texture, retarded the lipid and protein oxidation, and reduced the microorganism counts.Therefore, post-mortem essential oil fumigation treatment has positive effects on improving the quality of refrigerated turbot fillets.
Collagens were successfully extracted from the skin and swim bladder of grass carp. These fish by-products could serve as an alternative source of collagens for a wide variety of applications in the food and nutraceutical industries.
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