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It is important to evaluate fish fillet quality because fish undergoes physical and chemical changes during frozen storage. Fish fillets exhibit formaldehyde (FA) accumulation from the decomposition of trimethylamine N-oxide. FA is a powerful protein denaturant; thus, it is important to avoid FA buildup during fish processing to preserve fish quality, especially texture. To determine where FA accumulates, in order to maintain the quality of fish fillets, we performed matrix-assisted laser desorption\/ionization mass spectrometry imaging, aiming to identify muscle-derived peptides, which reflect conditions such as denaturation and\/or aggregation. We used frozen sections from which lipophilic molecules were washed out and detected various peptide peaks. Furthermore, we tried to identify indices to represent fish fillet softening by protease treatment. We could detect characteristic peaks owing to FA and protease treatment; the findings were consistent with the results of texture profiles showing fish fillet\u2019s real solidity. These molecules might thus serve as effective markers to evaluate fish fillet quality.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/foods9040402","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,2]],"date-time":"2020-04-02T13:39:34Z","timestamp":1585834774000},"page":"402","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Application of Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption\/Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging for Evaluating the Quality of Fish Fillets"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"given":"Mizuki","family":"Morisasa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Marine Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Keisuke","family":"Kimura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Marine Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Motoki","family":"Sumida","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Research Institute, Maruha Nichiro Corporation, 16-2, Wadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-4295, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Saya","family":"Fukumoto","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Research Institute, Maruha Nichiro Corporation, 16-2, Wadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-4295, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tadashi","family":"Tamura","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Research Institute, Maruha Nichiro Corporation, 16-2, Wadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-4295, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Riko","family":"Takeuchi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Central Research Institute, Maruha Nichiro Corporation, 16-2, Wadai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 300-4295, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tsukasa","family":"Mori","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Marine Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Naoko","family":"Goto-Inoue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Marine Science and Resources, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 252-0880, Japan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,4,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1564","DOI":"10.1271\/bbb.50562","article-title":"Decreased Hardness of Dietary Fiber-Rich Foods by the Enzyme-Infusion Method","volume":"70","author":"Sakamoto","year":"2006","journal-title":"Biosci. 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