Liha töötlemine
while methionine is oxidized to methionine
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sulfoxide and methionine sulfone in small
Promoters Residues
amounts (Slump and Schreuder 1973).
Sulfinic and cysteic acids can also be pro- Veterinary pharmaceutical drugs have been
duced by direct oxidation of cysteine (Finley used for a long time in animal production as
et al. 1981). The oxidation of homocystine therapeutic agents to control infectious dis-
can generate homolanthionine sulfoxide as a eases or as prophylactic agents to prevent
main product (Lipton et al. 1977). Peptides outbreaks of diseases and control parasitic
such as reduced glutathione can also be oxi- infections (Dixon 2001). Meanwhile, growth-
dized by hydrogen peroxide. The oxidation promoting agents like the anabolic agents