Blueberry, raspberry, and strawberry extracts reduce the formation of carcinogenic heterocyclic amines in fried camel, beef and chicken meats. (May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Khan, Mohammad Rizwan; Busquets, Rosa; Azam, Mohammad
• Is Part Of: Food control. Volume 123(2021)
• Publication Date: 2021-05
• Subjects: Marinade -- PhIP -- UPLC-MS/MS -- Maillard reaction -- Foodborne carcinogen; Food -- Quality -- Periodicals; Food -- Analysis -- Periodicals; Food handling -- Periodicals; Food industry and trade -- Quality control -- Periodicals; Aliments -- Industrie et commerce -- Qualité -- Contrôle -- Périodiques; Aliments -- Qualité -- Périodiques; Aliments -- Analyse -- Périodiques; Hygiène alimentaire -- Périodiques; Food -- Analysis; Food handling; Food -- Quality; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 664.07
• DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2020.107852
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0956-7135

Abstract

Abstract: Heterocyclic amines (HCAs) are toxic products from the Maillard reaction that form from the reaction of sugars, amino acids and creatine/creatinine when cooking protein rich food. In this work, commonly consumed meats in Saudi Arabia (camel, beef and chicken) were fried under conditions resembling home cooking. The effect of marinades made of blueberry, raspberry and strawberry were tested separately on meat at different marinating times (1, 6, 12, 24h, at 4 °C) before frying. The marinades caused an overall reduction of HCAs. The decrease was more noticeable with long marination time ≥ 6h. The reduction of individual HCAs, after 24h marinades, was 91–100% for pyridines; 40–67% for β-carbolines; and 100% for quinoxalines, quinolines, α-carbolines and ɣ-carbolines, although the latter three were seldomly detected in this study. An increase, up to 2 times, on the formation of the studied quinoxalines was observed in every meat and marination for no more than 1h. Therefore, longer marinating times with berry extracts, from 6h, are recommended over those below (1h). Highlights: From high to low concentration of mutagenic HCAs: fried chicken, camel and beef. 1h blueberry, raspberry and strawberry juice marinades boosted quinoxalines. ≥6h blueberry, raspberry and strawberry marinades reduced quinoxaline HCA levels. ≥12h marinades had high impact on the reduction of pyridines and β-carbolines. 24h marinades caused 40–100% reduction in total HCA.