title: 14C-sorbic acid distribution in the aqueous and non-aqueous extracts of cooked millet dough (fura).
abstract: Millet flour was used to prepare the West African food, fura, preserved with sorbic acid. The lipid and protein fractions which appeared to bind sorbic acid or its degradation products were identified with the help of 14C-sorbic acid. Fractionation of the lipids and proteins from fura showed the 14C to be associated with the petroleum spirit crude fat extract (28 +/- 5%), the water-soluble (6.2 +/- 0.7%), the ethanol-soluble (4.5 +/- 0.7%), the salt-soluble (3.5 +/- 0.6%) and the acetic acid-soluble components (0.9 +/- 0.3%). Dialysis of the ethanol-, salt- and acetic acid-soluble fractions suggested that 14C activity tended to be associated with the low molecular weight components of these fractions.
authors.affiliation: Procter Department of Food Science, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Jideani
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Wedzicha
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates; D019342:Acetic Acid; D000354:Africa, Western; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D005504:Food Analysis; D005511:Food Handling; D006358:Hot Temperature; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000032:analysis; D008897:Panicum / Q000737:chemistry*; D011506:Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D012995:Solubility; D013011:Sorbic Acid / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D008055:Lipids; D011506:Proteins; D014867:Water; D019342:Acetic Acid; D013011:Sorbic Acid