Inhibition of formation of oxidative volatile components in fermented cucumbers by ascorbic acid and turmeric.
Two naturally occurring antioxidants, ascorbic acid and turmeric, were effective in inhibiting formation of hexanal, (E)-2-penenal, (E)-2-hexenal, (E)-2-heptenal, and (E)-2-octenal when slurries of fermented cucumber tissue were exposed to oxygen. Added ascorbic acid prevented formation of most of these oxidative aldehydes at 175 ppm or greater. Turmeric, which is used commercially as a yellow coloring in cucumber pickle products, was found to almost completely prevent aldehyde formation at 40 ppm.
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Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7624, USA.
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D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D018553:Cucumis sativus / Q000737:chemistry*; D003474:Curcumin / Q000737:chemistry*; D005285:Fermentation; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D014835:Volatilization
D003474:Curcumin; D001205:Ascorbic Acid