Effect of metal salts and fructose on the autoxidation of methyl linoleate in emulsions.

Abstract

Sugars such as pentose, hexose and reducing disaccharide have been demonstrated to be strong prooxidants of methyl linoleate or linoleic acid in aqueous emulsion systems.1 ~4) In the previous papers,4'5* we have reported that the prooxidant effect of reducing sugars on the autoxidation of methyl linoleate depends on trace amounts of metal ions in the reaction system; these sugars reduce metal ions in the reaction system, and the reduced