Stability of sterols in phytosterol-enriched milk under different heating conditions

Commercially available phytosterol-enriched milk was subjected to usual and drastic heating conditions to evaluate the stability of the sterols at different treatments. Products showed 422.2 mg of phytosterols/100 g of milk and 132 microg of sterol oxidation products (SOPs)/g of fat (277 microg of S...

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Autores: Menendez-Carreño, M. (María)|||/items/3cc43ac0-63f9-4e93-8647-26c827458a6b, Ansorena-Artieda, D. (Diana)|||/items/3ac83dfe-b2e3-4a2d-a7e4-2813388afc29, Astiasarán, I. (Iciar)|||/items/34b867c2-957e-4a1f-8a1d-c0a6a8e6b70b
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Navarra
Repositorio:Dadun. Depósito Académico Digital de la Universidad de Navarra
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:dadun.unav.edu:10171/21338
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10171/21338
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Sterol oxidation
Cholesterol
SOPs
COPs
POPs
Microwave
Heating
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Sumario:Commercially available phytosterol-enriched milk was subjected to usual and drastic heating conditions to evaluate the stability of the sterols at different treatments. Products showed 422.2 mg of phytosterols/100 g of milk and 132 microg of sterol oxidation products (SOPs)/g of fat (277 microg of SOPs/100 g of milk). Schaal oven conditions (24 h/65 degrees C, equivalent to 1 month of storage at room temperature) reduced the phytosterol content by only 4%. Drastic heating treatments (2 min of microwave heating at 900 W or 15 min of electrical heating at 90 degrees C) led to a 60% decrease of total phytosterol content, with a significant increase of TBARs. The oxysterol amount under those conditions (which was higher in microwave-treated samples) was lower than expected, probably because of the degradation of the oxidation products. Usual heating conditions (1.5 min of microwaves) maintained phytosterol content on physiologically active values (301 mg/100 g of milk) with oxidation percentages around 0.12-0.40% for phytosterols and 1.13% for cholesterol.