title: Formation and reduction of carcinogenic furan in various model systems containing food additives.
abstract: The aim of this study was to analyse and reduce furan in various model systems. Furan model systems consisting of monosaccharides (0.5M glucose and ribose), amino acids (0.5M alanine and serine) and/or 1.0M ascorbic acid were heated at 121°C for 25 min. The effects of food additives (each 0.1M) such as metal ions (iron sulphate, magnesium sulphate, zinc sulphate and calcium sulphate), antioxidants (BHT and BHA), and sodium sulphite on the formation of furan were measured. The level of furan formed in the model systems was 6.8-527.3 ng/ml. The level of furan in the model systems of glucose/serine and glucose/alanine increased 7-674% when food additives were added. In contrast, the level of furan decreased by 18-51% in the Maillard reaction model systems that included ribose and alanine/serine with food additives except zinc sulphate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, 26, 3-Ga, Pil-dong, Chung-gu, Seoul 100-715, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jin-Sil
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, 26, 3-Ga, Pil-dong, Chung-gu, Seoul 100-715, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jae-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Her
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Dongguk University-Seoul, 26, 3-Ga, Pil-dong, Chung-gu, Seoul 100-715, Republic of Korea. Electronic address: kwglee@dongguk.edu.
authors.forename: Kwang-Geun
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000032:analysis*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D003116:Color; D005503:Food Additives / Q000032:analysis*; D005663:Furans / Q000032:analysis*; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D006358:Hot Temperature; D015416:Maillard Reaction; D008954:Models, Biological; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D002273:Carcinogens; D005503:Food Additives; D005663:Furans; D005947:Glucose; D001205:Ascorbic Acid; C039281:furan
keywords: Analysis; Food additives; Furan; Reduction