Liha töötlemine
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
rates increase with the pH, and most of the are added to improve the feed conversion