title: Effect of hexanal and iron on color development in a glucose/phenylalanine model system.
abstract: Aqueous glucose/phenylalanine (0.1 M with respect to each reactant) systems were heated in an autoclave for 30 min at 140 degrees C, in the presence of hexanal (0.04, 0.1, and 0.2 M) or FeCl(2) (0.01 M). Results show that hexanal significantly inhibited color development at pH 5 and 6 and led to an increase of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural. Iron addition had similar effects at pH 5, but only small effects at pH 6. The reaction routes proposed give key roles to the alpha-dicarbonyl compounds, to the Strecker aldehyde, and to the Schiff base formed by the reaction between hexanal and phenylalanine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Technology, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fallico
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ames
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000737:chemistry*; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D005662:Furaldehyde / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry*; D015416:Maillard Reaction; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D010649:Phenylalanine; C008046:5-hydroxymethylfurfural; C010463:n-hexanal; D005662:Furaldehyde; D005947:Glucose; C029451:ferrous chloride