Chemical properties and cytotoxicity of thermally oxidized oil.
Heated frying oils with different chemical properties in terms of AV (acid value), POV (peroxide value), COV (carbonyl value), and contents of polar compounds (PC) and triacylglycerol (TG), as well as color and odor, were obtained. Male Wistar rats were fed ad libitum for 12 weeks a powdered diet (AIN93G; no fat) containing 7 wt% of fresh oil (control) or one of the frying oils described above. The rats were subjected to anthropometric measurements, hematological analyses, and observations of the liver and kidneys. All of the rats grew well, and no gross symptoms attributable to the experimental oils were observed. However, the rats fed a diet containing the heated oil developed apparent liver damage to different degrees regardless of the chemical properties of the ingested oils. Thus, it was suggested that the chemical properties evaluated here had little to do with the cytotoxicity of heated oil, although the properties express quality of oil. Volatile compounds seem to be major candidates for the toxic agents in heated oil because oils with rancid and deteriorated odor show strong toxicity.
Totani
Nagao
N
Faculty of Nutrition, Kobe-Gakuin University, Kobe, Japan. totani@nutr.kobegakuin.ac.jp
Burenjargal
Munkhjargal
M
Yawata
Miho
M
Ojiri
Yuko
Y
D000818:Animals; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000633:toxicity; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D006358:Hot Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction / Q000187:drug effects; D010938:Plant Oils / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000633:toxicity*; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013024:Soybean Oil / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry / Q000633:toxicity
D004041:Dietary Fats; D005229:Fatty Acids, Monounsaturated; D010938:Plant Oils; D000074262:Rapeseed Oil; D013024:Soybean Oil