Quantification of zinc–porphyrin in dry-cured ham products by spectroscopic methods

Autor: Jens K.S. Møller, Christina E. Adamsen, Jens Laursen, Kristoffer Laursen, Karsten Olsen
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Meat Science. 78:336-341
ISSN: 0309-1740
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2007.06.014
Popis: Zinc-protoporphyrin (Zn-pp), which has been identified as the major pigment in certain dry-cured meat products, was extracted with acetone/water (75%) and isolated from the following meat products: Parma ham, Iberian ham and dry-cured ham with added nitrite. The quantification of Zn-pp by electron absorption, fluorescence and X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy was compared (concentration range used [Zn-pp]=0.8-9.7μM). All three hams were found to contain Zn-pp, and the results show no significant difference among the content of Zn-pp quantified by fluorescence, absorbance and X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy for Parma ham and Iberian ham. All three methods can be used for quantification of Zn-pp in acetone/water extracts of different ham types if the content is higher than 1.0ppm. For dry-cured ham with added nitrite, XRF was not applicable due to the low content of Zn-pp (
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