Effect of Maillard Reaction Products Derived from Cysteine on the Formation of Dimethyl Disulfide and Dimethyl
Zeyu Zhang1, Bei Wang1, Yanping Cao1
1Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health (BTBU), School of Food and Health, Beijing Higher Institution Engineering Research Center of Food Additives and Ingredients, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), Beijing 100048, China.
Abstract:
The effect of Maillard reaction products derived from cysteine on dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) and dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS) was evaluated in the ternary mixture (methionine, cysteine, and xylose) and binary mixture (methionine and 2-threityl-thiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid) during 56 days storage. Changes in concentrations revealed that the methionine/cysteine/xylose model showed lower concentrations of DMDS and DMTS than those of the binary mixture. Antioxidant ability and labeled isotopomer proportion information indicated that low levels of DMDS and DMTS in the ternary mixture were attributed to not only 2-furfurylthiol and 2-methyl-3-furanthiol (MFT) reacting with methanethiol but also the ternary mixture having stronger antioxidant activity. Correlation analysis demonstrated that MFT reacting with methanethiol and strong antioxidant ability are considered major factors controlling the formation of DMTS and DMDS, respectively. Research on the reaction mechanism of the rate-limiting step would provide the basis for preventing the development of DMDS and DMTS during storage.
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