Abstract

This study investigated how l-lysine/l-arginine/l-cysteine improved cured sausage color. Visible detection showed that Mb(Fe2+)NO did not form when MetMb(Fe3+) was treated with a combination of l-lysine and NaNO2, l-arginine and NaNO2, or l-cysteine and NaNO2. Visible spectra and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) detection together indicated formation of Mb(Fe2+)O2 when MetMb(Fe3+) was treated with l-lysine, l-arginine, or l-cysteine; Mb(Fe2+)NO was formed when MetMb(Fe3+) was treated with a combination of l-lysine and NO, l-arginine and NO, or l-cysteine and NO. Visible, EPR, and fourier transform infrared results suggested formation of a complex of Mb(Fe2+) and l-cysteine by the coordination of sulfydryl and ferrous porphyrin. Therefore, l-lysine, l-arginine, or l-cysteine can promote the formation of Mb(Fe2+)NO by reducing MetMb(Fe3+) to Mb(Fe2+)O2, and l-cysteine promotes formation of a complex of Mb(Fe2+) and l-cysteine via coordination of sulfydryl and ferrous porphyrin, which may improve cured sausage color.

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