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oxymyoglobin

molecule
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  • meat cutting
    meat processing
    / Oxidation state of iron

    …the myoglobin molecule is called oxymyoglobin). After several days of exposure to air, the iron atom of myoglobin becomes oxidized and loses its ability to bind oxygen (the myoglobin molecule is now called metmyoglobin). In this oxidized condition, meat turns to a brown colour. Although the presence of this colour…

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    …the myoglobin molecule is called oxymyoglobin). After several days of exposure to air, the iron atom of myoglobin becomes oxidized and loses its ability to bind oxygen (the myoglobin molecule is now called metmyoglobin). In this oxidized condition, meat turns to a brown colour. Although the presence of this colour…

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