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Detection of 2‐dodecylcyclobutanone in radiation‐sterilized chicken meat stored for several years
Author(s) -
VICTORIA A.,
CRONE J.,
HAMILTON JOHN T.G.,
STEVENSON M. HILARY
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of food science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.831
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1365-2621
pISSN - 0950-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1992.tb01239.x
Subject(s) - irradiation , food science , food irradiation , sterilization (economics) , gamma irradiation , chemistry , radiation dose , radiochemistry , biology , nuclear medicine , medicine , physics , nuclear physics , monetary economics , economics , foreign exchange market , foreign exchange
Summary Results are presented indicating a linear relationship between irradiation dose (10–60 kGy) and the quantity of 2‐dodecylcyclobutanone produced in irradiated frozen (‐46°C) chicken meat. 2‐Dodecylcyclobutanone was found in chicken meat sterilized (at ‐40°C) by gamma and electron beam irradiation 12 years previously and used for toxicity clearance. After freeze‐drying the irradiated chicken samples still contained 2‐dodecylcyclobutanone indicating that it was present in the diets tested. The compound was not detected in chicken meat sterilized by thermal processing 13 years ago. In addition, there was evidence that 2‐tetradecylcyclobutanone was also present in the irradiation sterilized samples.