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. 2021 Oct 27;11(1):21192.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-00636-5.

Oxysterols in stored powders as potential health hazards

Sylwia Chudy  1 , Joanna Teichert  2
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Oxysterols in stored powders as potential health hazards

Sylwia Chudy et al. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

Cholesterol oxidation products (COPs) have greater biological activity than cholesterol itself. Oxysterols reduce the nutritional value of foods and exhibit a wide range of biological activity, including pro-oxidant, carcinogenic, and cytotoxic properties. The most commonly detected oxysterols in foods are 7α-HC, 7β-HC, a product of their dehydrogenation 7-KC and α-CE, β-CE. The main dietary sources of oxysterols are eggs and egg-derived products, thermally processed milk and milk-based products, fried meat. This study aimed to measure the amount of cholesterol oxidation products in milk powder, egg powder and milk-egg powder during 24 months of storage. The changes in the selected oxysterols (determined by gas chromatography) were recorded. In milk powder, after the production process, the amount of cholesterol was 0.2 g 100 g-1 fat and in egg powder it was 3.4 g 100 g-1. After 6 months of storage, the dominant oxysterol in milk and egg powder was 7α-HC and in milk-egg powder it was 7-KC. After the storage period, oxysterols in powdered milk reached 1.81% of total cholesterol. The most stable cholesterol was in the milk-egg mixture and its oxidation was the slowest. This study showed the presence of COPs in milk powder, egg powder and milk-egg powder and the effect of storage on cholesterol oxidation.

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Figures

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Figure 1
Simplified scheme of oxysterols formation.
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The scheme of experiment.
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