Abstract
When fats are irradiated, some of the major stable products formed are hydrocarbons. The most abundant radiolytic hydrocarbons are formed during various free-radical reactions as the result of the loss of CO2. An extraction procedure followed by capillary gas chromatography (GC) to monitor the formation of these radiolytic hydrocarbons in gamma-irradiated shrimp has been developed. Shrimp contain appreciable amounts of palmitic, palmitoleic, stearic, oleic, and linoleic acids. When irradiated, these fatty acids form the hydrocarbons pentadecane, 8-pentadecane, heptadecane, 8-heptadecene, and 6,9-heptadecadiene, respectively. The yield of these radiolytic hydrocarbons was found to be linear with absorbed dose. Data indicating the utility of the capillary GC technique for identifying radiation-treated shrimp are presented. The potential use of electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy, another irradiation detection technique, to monitor the formation of free radicals trapped in irradiated shrimp shell and problems associated with using ESR spectroscopy are also described.
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