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Relationship between the kinetics of B-carotene degradation and formation of norisoprenoids in the storage of dried sweet potato chips

Bechoff, A.

Relationship between the kinetics of B-carotene degradation and formation of norisoprenoids in the storage of dried sweet potato chips - 2010

The effects of storage temperature (10; 20; 30; 40 °C), water activity (0.13; 0.30; 0.51; 0.76) and oxygen level (0%; 2.5%; 10%; 21%) on the degradation of carotenoids and formation of volatile compounds during storage of dried sweet potato chips were evaluated. A kinetic model was developed for degradation of trans-B-carotene and it showed that breakdown followed first order kinetics with an activation energy of 64.2 kJ mol-1. The difference between experimental data under laboratory or field conditions fitted and data predicted by the model was less than 10% for trans-B-carotene, or for total carotenoids. The formation of the volatile compounds, B-ionone; 5,6-epoxy-B-ionone; dihydroactinidiolide; B-cyclocitral, was measured by SPME-GC-MS and was clearly related to the degradation of trans-B-carotene. It is also suggested that carotenoid degradation in dried sweet potato was by autoxidation because of the trend in B-carotene degradation rate in relation to water activity or oxygen level.


English

0308-8146

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.12.035


Carotenoids
Dried sweet potato
Ipomoea batatas L
Kinetics
Norisoprenoids
Oxygen
Storage
Temperature
Volatile compounds
Water activity

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