title: Effect of ionizing radiation on unesterified tocopherols in fresh chicken breast muscle.
abstract: The effect of ionizing radiation on free tocopherols in chicken was determined Raw chicken breast muscle with skin and adipose tissue removed was subjected to gamma radiation from a (137)Cs source at 1, 2·25, 5·0, and 10·0 kGy. The chicken was packaged aerobically, and irradiated at 4°C. Free tocopherols were extracted directly from the meat without a saponification step. The tocopherols were resolved using normal phase, high performance liquid chromatography by spectrophotofluorometric detection. Irradiation resulted in a significant linear decrease in alpha and gamma tocopherol with increasing dose levels. At 3 kGy, the maximum level approved by the FDA for poultry, a 15% reduction of free gamma tocopherol and a 30% reduction for free alpha tocopherol were observed.
authors: Food Safety Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agriculture Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118, USA.
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