Physical Properties and Oxidation Rates of Unrefined Menhaden Oil (Brevoortia patronus) |
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Authors: | Huaixia Yin Subramaniam Sathivel |
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Affiliation: | Authors are with Dept. of Food Science, Louisiana State Univ. Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-4300, U.S.A. Direct inquiries to author Sathivel (E-mail: ssathivel@agcenter.lsu.edu). |
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Abstract: | ABSTRACT: Unrefined menhaden oil was evaluated for thermal and rheological properties and its temperature-dependent viscosity and lipid oxidation rate were determined. Peroxide value, free fatty acids, density, specific gravity, water activity, moisture content, and enthalpy of the unrefined menhaden oil were 5.70 meq/kg, 3.80%, 0.93 g/mL, 0.93%, 0.52%, 0.15%, and 20.2 kJ/kg, respectively. The melting point range of unrefined menhaden oil was found to be ?69.5 to 27.21 °C. The menhaden oil exhibited non-Newtonian fluid behavior at lower temperatures (5 to 25 °C), while it behaved like a Newtonian fluid at 30 °C. The oil apparent viscosity at 5 °C (0.22 Pa.s) was significantly higher (P < 0.05) than that at 30 °C (0.033 Pa.s). The average magnitude of activation energy for viscosity of the unrefined menhaden oil was 50.37 kJ/mol. The predicted apparent viscosity agreed (R2= 0.9837) satisfactorily with the experimental apparent viscosity. The minimal lipid oxidation rate of the oil was found at 25 and 35 °C for 6 h, higher lipid oxidation rates were observed when the oil was heated for 6 h at 45 to 85 °C. The rate of lipid oxidation for unrefined menhaden oil was temperature dependent (R2= 0.9425). This study showed that the magnitude of the apparent viscosity and oxidation rate of the unrefined menhaden oil was greatly influenced by temperature. |
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Keywords: | enthalpy of fish oils lipid oxidation rate melting point of fish oils menhaden oil rheological properties of fish oils |
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