FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2012, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (17): 21-24.

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Effects of Seven Amino Acids on the Elimination of Acrylamide

  

  • Received:2011-10-23 Revised:2012-07-14 Online:2012-09-15 Published:2012-11-09

Abstract: Seven amino acids including glutamic acid, glutamine, aspartic acid, asparagine, lysine, glycine and cysteine were used to explore their effects on the elimination of acrylamide generated in heat-initiated reaction model systems. After 30 min of reaction with cysteine at 160 ℃ at a molar ratio of 1.5:1 (cysteine: acrylamide), 99.4% of acrylamide was eliminated. Acrylamide showed an elimination rate of 66.7% and 70.4%, respectively after 30 min of reaction with lysine or glycine at a molar ratio of 5:1. ESI-MS analysis showed the formation of adducts of acrylamide with cysteine, lysine or glycine. Moreover, cysteine could eliminate acrylamide through different pathways.

Key words: acrylamide, amino acids, elimination

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