Dichloromethane reaction with cysteine

Measurement of Antioxidative Activity. The antioxidative activity of the Maillard reaction products was evaluated by a method similar to that developed by Macku and Shibamoto (9) and later modified by Eiserich et al. 10). The antioxidative activities of 25 iiL-aliquots of peanut oil/cysteine and peanut oil/methionine dichloromethane extracts and 5 nL-aliquots of the glucose/cysteine extracts were measured. 2-Alkyl-thiophenes, 2-thiophenethiol, 2-methyl-3-furanthiol, fiirfuryl mercaptan, thiazolidine, and 1,3-dithiolane were tested for antioxidative activity at a concentration of 1 mM. The above extracts and standards were added to dichloromethane solutions containing 25 mg of heptanal. Nonadecane (400 mg) was added as a gas chromatographic internal standard, and the resulting solutions were brought to a 5-mL final volume with... 

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