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Published on: June 10, 2022
Antioxidant effect of apple phenolic on lipid peroxidation in Chinese-style sausage
Hai Yu1, Chunjun Qin2, Peipei Zhang3
1Faculty of Food Science & Engineering, Yangzhou University, 196 West Huayang Road, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225127 People's Republic of China ; Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada T6G 2P5.
Abstract:
Chinese-style sausage is a very popular meat product obtained from a mixture of chopped pork meat, lard, salt, spices, additives (nitrate, nitrite, and antioxidants) and/or starter cultures. The antioxidative effect of apple phenolic on lipid oxidation in Chinese-style sausage compared with that of butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT) and ursolic acid were studied. Lipid oxidation was assessed through determination of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances (TBARs) and volatile aldehydes. The content and composition of fatty acids in phospholipid were evaluated. At the optimum addition level, apple phenolic (0.5 g·kg(-1) in total fat) was more effective at inhibiting lipid oxidation than BHT (0.15 g·kg(-1) in total fat) and ursolic acid (0.5 g·kg(-1) in total fat) in Chinese-style sausages during 120 days storage. Moreover, apple phenolic exhibited stronger phospholipid protective capacity than ursolic acid and BHT at the end of storage. This study reveals a potential application of apple phenolic to enhance the oxidation stability of meat products during long storage.
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