## Abstract A comparison was made between the thiobarbituric acid (TBA) values determined by the direct extraction method with trichloroacetic acid and those assessed by the distillation method. When applied to mackerel kept in frozen condition the TBAβvalues obtained with both methods showed a sim
Direct Determination of the Thiobarbituric Acid Value in Trichloracetic Acid Extracts of Fish as a Measure of Oxidative Rancidity
β Scribed by Vyncke, W.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1970
- Weight
- 392 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0931-5985
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β¦ Synopsis
Abstract
The possibilities of the direct determination of the thiobarbituric acid (TBA) value in trichloracetic acid (TCA) extracts instead of distillates were evaluated. Tests carried out on herring (Clupea harengus L.), redfish (Sebastes marinus L.), cod (Gadus morhua L.), plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) and spurdog (Squalus acanthias L.) of varying degree of oxidation gave 95.3% recovery in the teleost species but only 75.2% in the elasmobranch spurdog, due to the urea present. With the distillation technique, recoveries were lower and averaged 66.1% for teleosts and 43.0% for spurdog. Addition of 0.1% of both propyl gallate and EDTA to the TCA solution lowered TBA values by 25 to 59%. When fish samples were submitted to a 4 hoursβ² forced oxidation period, TBA values increased to a greater extent with the direct extraction procedure than with the distillation method.
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