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. 2021 Dec 28;11(1):60. doi: 10.3390/antiox11010060

Table 2.

Studies evaluating protein oxidation in different muscle foods.

Indicator Food Product Method Results Ref.
Carbonyls content A Chicken breast DNPH 0.2−2.9 [87]
Ready-to-eat chicken patties 5−19 [88]
Fermented sausages 1.5−4.5 [89]
Raw meat 2.5 [90]
Dry-cured ham 8
Dry-cured loin 8
Dry-cured sausage 9
Cooked sausage 13
Pork sausages 2.36−3.35 [91]
Sturgeon fillets 2.1−10.6 [88]
Rainbow trout 2.8−2.9 [92]
Horse mackerel fillets 1.7−7.2 [93]
Pacific white shrimp 3−9.5 [94]
Quantification of specific carbonyls A Fermented sausages HPLC-FLD AAS: 0.17−0.35; GGS: 0.09−0.11 [89]
Porcine patties AAS: 0.27−1.09; AAA: 0.56−0.84 [95]
Dry-cured loins 0.13−1.10 [58]
Beef patties AAS: 131.07−857.61; AAA: 5.35−21.3 [66]
Pork sausages AAS: 1.47−1.57; GGS: 0.23−0.28 [91]
Raw meat LC–ESI–MS AAS: 27; GGS: 30 [90]
Dry-cured ham AAS: 23; GGS: 150
Dry-cured loin AAS: 23; GGS: 115
Dry-cured sausage AAS: 22; GGS: 120
Cooked sausage AAS: 28; GGS: 60
Free thiol content B Rabbit meat DTNB 24.3−34.7 [96]
Sturgeon fillets 17−35 [97]
Sturgeon fillets 0.3−0.8 [98]
Horse mackerel fillets 98.6−124.4 [93]
Silver carp 5.3−7.2 [99]
Pacific white shrimp 28−42 [94]
Chicken breast 4-DPS 15−16 [87]
Jerky chicken 25−55 [100]
Ready-to-eat chicken patties 21−52 [88]
Pork sausages 14.80−21.80 [91]
Ground beef 26.5−37.6 [99]
Tryptophan content C Chicken breast FS 11−13 [87]
Jerky chicken 8−10 * [100]
Porcine patties 0.14−0.77 [95]
Beef patties 0.16−2.54 [66]
Ready-to-eat chicken patties 100−170 [88]
Cross linking proteins Rabbit meat SDS-PAGE Reduced myofibrillar protein content [96]
Ground beef Oxidized proteins [99]
Sturgeon fillets Reduced myofibrillar protein content [97]
Sturgeon fillets Reduced myofibrillar protein content [98]
Pacific white shrimp Reduced myofibrillar protein content [94]
Rainbow trout SDS-PAGE and Immunoblotting Oxidized proteins [92]
Horse mackerel fillets Oxidized proteins [93]
Cross linking proteins- Disulphide bonds D Jerky chicken Total-Free thiol difference 12−27 [100]
Ready-to-eat chicken patties 5−17 [88]
Ground beef 7.0−11.5 [99]
Cross linking proteins- Schiff bases E Chicken breast FS 6−7 [87]
Dry-cured loins 420 [58]
Jerky chicken 600−780 [100]
Porcine patties 23.7−169.0 [95]
Beef patties 3383−992 [66]
Ready-to-eat chicken patties 410−900 [88]

A Data expressed as nmol carbonyls/mg protein. B Data expressed as µmol thiols/mg sample. C Data expressed as N-acetil-L-tryptophan amide equivalents per 100 g of sample. * N-acetil-L-tryptophan amide equivalents per g of protein. D Data expressed as nmol/mg protein. E Data expressed as fluorescence intensity. Abbreviations: AAS, α-aminoadipic semialdehydes; GGS, γ-glutamic semialdehydes; AAA, aminoadipic acid; DNPH, 2,4- Dinitrophenylhydrazine; DTNB, 5′5-dithiobis (2-nitrobenzoate); 4-DPS, 4,4′-dithiodipyridine; HPLC-FLD, high performance liquid chromatography-fluorescence detection; LC-ESI-MS, Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometric; FS, Fluorescence spectroscopy; SDS-PAGE, sodium dodecyl sulphate–polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.