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Antioxidative Effect of Dihydrosphingosine (d18:0) and α-Tocopherol on Tridocosahexaenoin (DHA-TAG)
Eija Ahonen1, Annelie Damerau1, Kaisa M Linderborg1
1Food Sciences, Department of Life Technologies, University of Turku, Turku 20014, Turun yliopisto, Finland.
Abstract:
Sphingoid bases have shown promise as effective antioxidants in fish oils together with α-tocopherol, and the effect has been attributed to products resulting from amino-carbonyl reactions (lipation products) between the sphingoid base amine group and carbonyl compounds from lipid oxidation. In this study, the synergistic effect of dihydrosphingosine (d18:0) and α-tocopherol was studied on pure docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) triacylglycerols with an omics-type liquid- and gas-chromatographic mass spectrometric approach to verify the synergistic effect, to get a comprehensive view on the effect of d18:0 on the oxidation pattern, and to identify the lipation products. The results confirmed that d18:0 rapidly reacts further in the presence of lipid oxidation products and α-tocopherol. α-Tocopherol and d18:0 showed an improved antioxidative effect after 12 h of oxidation, indicating the formation of antioxidants through carbonyl-amine reactions. Imines formed from the carbonyls and d18:0 could be tentatively identified.
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