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Effects of β‐carotene and lycopene thermal degradation products on the oxidative stability of soybean oil
Author(s) -
Steenson Donald F.,
Min David B.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of the american oil chemists' society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.512
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1558-9331
pISSN - 0003-021X
DOI - 10.1007/s11746-000-0181-7
Subject(s) - lycopene , chemistry , autoxidation , soybean oil , peroxide value , carotene , food science , antioxidant , carotenoid , peroxide , singlet oxygen , degradation (telecommunications) , oxygen , biochemistry , organic chemistry , telecommunications , computer science
Abstract The relative oxidative stability of soybean oil samples containing either thermally degraded β‐carotene or lycopene was determined by measuring peroxide value (PV) and headspace oxygen depletion (HOD) every 4 h for 24 h. Sobyean oil samples containing 50 ppm degraded β‐carotene that were stored in the dark at 60°C displayed significantly ( P <0.01) higher HOD values compared with controls. Lycopene degradation products (50 ppm) in soybean oil significantly ( P <0.05) decreased HOD of samples when stored in the dark. PV and HOD values for samples containing 50 ppm of either β‐carotene or lycopene degradation products stored under lighted conditions did not differ significantly from controls ( P <0.05). However, soybean oil samples containing 50 ppm of unheated, all‐ trans β‐carotene or lycopene stored under light showed significantly lower PV and HOD values than controls ( P <0.01). These results indicated that during autoxidation of soybean oil held in the dark, β‐carotene thermal degradation products acted as a prooxidant, while thermally degraded lycopene displayed antioxidant activity in similar soybean oil systems. In addition, β‐carotene and lycopene degradation products exposed to singlet oxygen oxidation under light did not increase or decrease the oxidative stability of their respective soybean oil samples.