Nitrite Curing of Chicken, Pork, and Beef Inhibits Oxidation but Does Not Affect N‑Nitroso Compound (NOC)-Specific DNA Adduct Formation during in Vitro Digestion

Uncured and nitrite-cured chicken, pork, and beef were used as low, medium, and high sources of heme-Fe, respectively, and exposed to an in vitro digestion model simulating the mouth, stomach, duodenum, and colon. With increasing content of iron compounds, up to 25-fold higher concentrations of the...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 2014-02, Vol.62 (8), p.1980-1988
Hauptverfasser: Van Hecke, Thomas, Vanden Bussche, Julie, Vanhaecke, Lynn, Vossen, Els, Van Camp, John, De Smet, Stefaan
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Zusammenfassung:Uncured and nitrite-cured chicken, pork, and beef were used as low, medium, and high sources of heme-Fe, respectively, and exposed to an in vitro digestion model simulating the mouth, stomach, duodenum, and colon. With increasing content of iron compounds, up to 25-fold higher concentrations of the toxic lipid oxidation products malondialdehyde, 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal, and other volatile aldehydes were formed during digestion, together with increased protein carbonyl compounds as measurement of protein oxidation. Nitrite curing of all meats lowered lipid and protein oxidation to the level of oxidation in uncured chicken. Strongly depending on the individual fecal inoculum, colonic digestion of beef resulted in significantly higher concentrations of the NOC-specific DNA adduct O 6-carboxymethyl-guanine compared to chicken and pork, whereas nitrite curing had no significant effect. This study confirms previously reported evidence that heme-Fe is involved in the epidemiological association between red meat consumption and colorectal cancer, but questions the role of nitrite curing in this association.
ISSN:0021-8561
1520-5118
DOI:10.1021/jf4057583