Abstract:Pheophytin was heated with hydroperoxyoleate in the medium of methyl palmitate, methyl oleate or methyl linoleate to 60 "C in inert gas. The rate of pheophytin destruction due mostly to free peroxy radicals generated by hydroperoxide decomposition was proportional to the content of hydroperoxide. Double bonds of fatty acid esters were competitively attacked by free peroxy radicals. In systems containing low levels of oxygen, methyl esters were slowly autoxidized on heating, and pheophytin moderately inhibited … Show more
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