title: Health-related lipids components of sardine muscle as affected by photooxidation.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the oxidative stability of sardine muscle lipids as related to the storage conditions. Whole sardines were stored at 4 °C for 4h under light exposure and at dark. The lowest levels of peroxide value (PV), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs), cholesterol oxidation products (COPs) and the highest level of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) content, especially PUFA n-3, were found in the untreated sardines (time zero). After light exposure, PUFA dramatically dropped (up to a 19% decrease) and a marked increase of PV (11.8 meq O₂/kg fat), TBARs (3.7 mg MDA/kg meat) and COPs (3.7 μg/g muscle) was observed; under darkness, the values of the oxidation parameters were similar to those found in untreated sardines. Although cholesterol oxidation rate did not exceed 0.9%, further research is required about toxicity levels of the single COPs, to better understand if the COPs levels found in untreated and photoxidized muscle (0.62-3.72 μg/g of muscle) do not represent a risk for human health.
authors.affiliation: Interdepartmental Centre for Agri-food Industrial Research, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Piazza Goidanich 60, 47521 Cesena (FC), Italy.
authors.forename: Vladimiro
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cardenia
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Rodriguez-Estrada
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baldacci
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lercker
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis*; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000378:metabolism; D005396:Fish Products / Q000032:analysis*; D005399:Fishes; D061353:Food Storage / Q000379:methods*; D008027:Light; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010545:Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D013261:Sterols / Q000032:analysis; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D010545:Peroxides; D013261:Sterols; D017392:Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances; D004281:Docosahexaenoic Acids; D002784:Cholesterol