“…All the PEF treated samples, had more troponin-T proteolysis compared with control samples at 21 day post-treatment time with bands in the 5 kV-20 Hz and 10 kV-20 Hz samples being the most prominent. The degradation of troponin-T has been widely used as an indication of myofibrillar protein degradation during ageing (Sun et al, 2014). Therefore, an increase in troponin-T proteolysis has been associated with an increase in tenderisation of beef muscles (Claeys, Smet, Balcaen, Raes, & Demeyer, 2004;Han et al, 2009;Ho et al, 1994;McBride & Parrish, 1977) and significantly correlates to shear force values (Marino et al, 2013).…”