| Abstract: | Atlantic mackerel was stored at refrigeration or frozen temperatures under vacuum or in air with various treatments to determine lipid hydrolysis and oxidation in the fish muscle. Lipid oxidation in the fish minces occurred continually as long as the samples were exposed to air independent of hydrolytic activity which was deactivated or retarded by cooking the sample or by lowering the storage temperature (-40°C). Lipid oxidation was observed not only in the free fatty acids, but also in the triacylglycerides and the phospholipids extracted from mackerel mince. |
