TY - JOUR
T1 - Effects of gamma radiation, individually and in combination with bioactive agents, on microbiological and physicochemical properties of ground beef
AU - Ayari, Samia
AU - Han, Jaejoon
AU - Vu, Khanh Dang
AU - Lacroix, Monique
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are thankful to the National Centre of Sciences and Nuclear Technology of Tunisia (CNSTN) for the irradiation operations and for its financial support. This research was also supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) through the discovery program.
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© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
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PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - Effects of gamma irradiation (2 kGy) on microbiological and physicochemical properties of ground beef were investigated individually or in combination with bioactive compounds consisting of cinnamaldehyde, ascorbic acid, and sodium pyrophosphate decahydrate. Meat samples were mixed with cinnamaldehyde (1.47%, w/w), cinnamaldehyde plus ascorbic acid (0.5%, w/w), or cinnamaldehyde plus sodium pyrophosphate decahydrate (0.1%, w/w), followed by irradiation at a dose of 2 kGy. Microbiological and physicochemical properties of samples were analyzed. The results demonstrated that combined treatments using irradiation and bioactive compounds could significantly decrease the microbial load of meat samples compared with that of the untreated control samples. Moreover, the combined treatments did not cause any significant changes in physical or chemical properties of meat samples. Irradiation, both with and without cinnamaldehyde treatment, caused significant increases in concentrations of thiobarbituric reactive substances and peroxide in treated samples, compared with the concentrations of these substances in the control samples; however, in the presence of ascorbic acid, the pro-oxidative effect of irradiation treatment on ground beef was overcome.
AB - Effects of gamma irradiation (2 kGy) on microbiological and physicochemical properties of ground beef were investigated individually or in combination with bioactive compounds consisting of cinnamaldehyde, ascorbic acid, and sodium pyrophosphate decahydrate. Meat samples were mixed with cinnamaldehyde (1.47%, w/w), cinnamaldehyde plus ascorbic acid (0.5%, w/w), or cinnamaldehyde plus sodium pyrophosphate decahydrate (0.1%, w/w), followed by irradiation at a dose of 2 kGy. Microbiological and physicochemical properties of samples were analyzed. The results demonstrated that combined treatments using irradiation and bioactive compounds could significantly decrease the microbial load of meat samples compared with that of the untreated control samples. Moreover, the combined treatments did not cause any significant changes in physical or chemical properties of meat samples. Irradiation, both with and without cinnamaldehyde treatment, caused significant increases in concentrations of thiobarbituric reactive substances and peroxide in treated samples, compared with the concentrations of these substances in the control samples; however, in the presence of ascorbic acid, the pro-oxidative effect of irradiation treatment on ground beef was overcome.
KW - Antioxidant
KW - Cinnamaldehyde
KW - Combined treatments
KW - Ground beef
KW - Irradiation
KW - Sodium pyrophosphate
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U2 - 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.12.034
DO - 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.12.034
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84953291623
VL - 64
SP - 173
EP - 180
JO - Food Control
JF - Food Control
SN - 0956-7135
ER -