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In Lipid Oxidation in Food; St. Angelo, A.; 
ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1992.
ACS  SYMPOSIUM  SERIES  500 
Lipid Oxidation in Food 
Allen J. St. Angelo, EDITOR 
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In Lipid Oxidation in Food; St. Angelo, A.; 
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data 
Lipid oxidation in food / Allen J. St. Angelo, editor. 
p.  cm.—(ACS symposium series, ISSN 0097-6156; 500) 
"Developed  from  a  symposium  sponsored  by  the  Division of 
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In Lipid Oxidation in Food; St. Angelo, A.; 
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Preface 
PROBLEMS  RELATED TO LIPID OXIDATION IN FOODS are still with us 
three decades after the first symposium on foods was held at Oregon 
State University. The mechanisms have been upgraded from the days of 
mere "autoxidation or metal catalysis" to catalytic systems that include 
free radicals, singlet oxygen, superoxide radicals, and Haber-Weiss-Fen-
ton reactions.  Far-reaching consequences of such oxygen chemistry on 
1 food quality and human health have also been discovered. However, what 
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mary and secondary products that affect flavor, aroma, taste, nutritional 
value, and in general, overall quality.  Overall quality formed the subject 
of this symposium. 
The book is organized into four sections.  Following an overview 
chapter, the first section  covers mechanisms  and describes  the latest 
theories on how lipids oxidize, the different catalysts that promote oxida
tion, including free-radical chemistry, iron-redox systems, and enzymic and 
nonenzymic catalysts.  The next section discusses prevention of lipid oxi
dation through the use of natural and synthetic antioxidant systems. In 
the third section, methodologies are presented for assessing lipid oxida
tion products and for identifying compounds that contribute to specific 
flavor and aroma characteristics.  Finally,  the  last  section  discusses 
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particular commodities, the influence of processing on lipid oxidation, 
and chemical changes that take place in specific foods as they relate to 
lipid oxidation.  A significant point is made in several chapters, particu
larly in the last one, that free radicals not only generate off-flavors by oxi
dative breakdown of polyunsaturated fats but also actively contribute to 
destroying molecules that make positive flavor attributes. 
This book contains new and pertinent information on lipid oxidation 
in muscle foods such as beef, pork, marine and freshwater fish, and in 
other commodities such as baby foods, vegetable oils, and peanuts.  It is 
my hope that this book will inspire food scientists and others engaged in 
related areas of research to produce higher quality and healthier foods to 
benefit the consumer. 
1 Finally, I am indebted to my coworkers, John R. Vercellotti and 
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Chapter 1 
Lipid  Oxidation  in Foods 
An Overview 
J. R. Vercellotti, Allen J. St. Angelo, and Arthur M. Spanier 
Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southern 
Regional Research Center, 1100 Robert E. Lee Boulevard, 
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of  lipid  oxidation to present  their results  and to stimulate  fellow  scientists to 
participate in discussions on the latest mechanisms and methodologies for the purpose 
of producing food products of highest quality. 
Mechanisms of Free Radical Processes Involving the Deterioration of Food 
Lipids. 
There are many catalytic systems that can oxidize lipids.  Among these are light, 
temperature, enzymes, metals, metalloproteins and microorganisms.  Most of these 
reactions involve some type of free radical and/or oxygen species, the chemistry of 
which will be described in this first section. One of the purposes  of this symposium 
is to cover the overall phenomenon of oxygen free radical modification of food lipids. 
This chapter not subject to U.S. copyright 
Published 1992 American Chemical Society 
In Lipid Oxidation in Food; St. Angelo, A.; 
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Description:Content: Lipid oxidation in foods : an overview / J.R. Vercellotti, Allen J. St. Angelo, and Arthur M. Spanier -- Mechanisms of lipid oxidative processes and their inhibition / Michael G. Simic, Slobodan V. Jovanovic, and Etsuo Niki -- Lipid oxidation in muscle foods via redox iron / Eric A. Decker