Liha töötlemine
1996). Cholesterol oxides
cobalt, manganese, etc.), or enzymes like may be formed when reheating chilled meat
lipoxygenase. In the case of induction by or during the chilling storage of meat. No
lipoxygenase, this enzyme needs activation cholesterol oxides were reported to be
by a preformed hydroperoxide (Honikel detected after the heating of pork sausages
2009). Lipid oxidation may also be induced (Baggio and Bragagnolo 2006), but studies
by hydrogen peroxide generated by peroxide- made on European sausages revealed the
forming bacteria during meat fermentation. generation of up to 1.5 μg/g of cholesterol
Lipid oxidation follows a free radical mecha- oxides, even though the percentage of cho-
nism consisting of 3 steps: initiation, propa- lesterol oxidation was below 0.17. The major
gation, and termination. Hydroperoxides are cholesterol oxide found in an Italian sausage