Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 255, Issue -, Pages 252-259Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2018.02.025
Keywords
Oleogel; Policosanol; Retinyl palmitate; Photostability
Funding
- Hatch Act fund [IOW03902]
- State of Iowa fund
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Photostability of all-trans retinyl palmitate (RP) (100% bioactivity) was studied in policosanol oleogels (PCOs) (7-12% w/w policosanol in soybean oil) after UVA irradiation. RP was incorporated into PCOs at levels of 0.04%, 0.1% and 1% (w/w). PCOs efficiently protected RP from UVA-mediated degradation. Over 75% RP-activity remained in PCOs after 4 days of UVA irradiation, while 12% RP-activity remained in soybean oil. HPLC analysis showed that cis-RP was formed in liquid soybean oil after 2 days of UVA irradiation while it was absent in PCOs matrices. PCOs blocked the energy absorption from UVA and further dampened the UVA-mediated ionic photodissociation and free radical reaction due to matrix immobilization. For all samples, RP photodegradation followed a 2nd order reaction. From the reaction kinetics, it would be possible to predict the RP photodegradation rate in PCO matrices. PCOs were shown to be a promising matrix to protect RP from photodegradation.
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