Effects of microwave heating on the loss of vitamin B12 in foods
Effects of microwave heating on the loss of vitamin B12 in foods
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DOI:
10.1021/jf970670x
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发表时间:
1998-01-01
影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Nakano, Y
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作者:
Watanabe, F;Abe, K;Nakano, Y
To clarify the effects of microwave heating on the loss of vitamin B-12 in foods, raw beef, pork, and milk were treated by microwave heating and then their vitamin B-12 contents were determined according to a chemiluminescent vitamin B-12 assay with hog intrinsic factor. Appreciable loss (similar to 30-40%) of vitamin B-12 occurred in the foods during microwave heating due to the degradation of vitamin B-12 molecule by microwave heating. When hydroxo vitamin B-12, which predominates in foods, was treated by microwave heating and then analyzed by silica gel 60 thin layer chromatography, two vitamin B-12 degradation products were found. One of the compounds with a R-f of 0.16 was purified and partially characterized. The vitamin B-12 degradation product did not show any biological activity in the growth of a vitamin B-12 requiring microorganism, Euglena gracilis Z, and was not bound to hog intrinsic factor, a mammalian vitamin B-12 binding protein. Intravenous administration of the compound (1 mu g/day) for 7 days to rats showed that the compound neither has toxicity nor acts as a vitamin B-12 antagonist in mammals. These results indicate that the conversion of vitamin B-12 to the inactive vitamin B-12 degradation products occurs in foods during microwave heating.