Natural antioxidant from yerba maté (Ilex paraguariensis St. Hil.) prevents hamburger peroxidation

The aim of this study was to evaluate whether yerba maté alcoholic extracts at very low concentrations (0.01 and 0.1%), prevent/retard lipid peroxidation in beef hamburgers without impairing sensory acceptability. For this TBARs and hexanal levels, fatty acid profile and cholesterol oxides were eval...

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Main Authors: Erica Lemos Ferreira, Geni Rodrigues Sampaio, Elizabeth Aparecida Ferraz da Silva Torres, Deborah Helena Markowicz Bastos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2011-08-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132011000400021