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The role of singlet oxygen in oxidation was studied by analyzing hydroperoxide isomers in unsaturated fats and esters by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). On oxidation photosensitized with methylene blue at 0 C, methyl oleate produced a 50–50% mixture of 9- and 10-hydroperoxides, linoleate a mixture of 66% conjugated (9+13) and 34% unconjugated (10+12) hydroperoxides, and linolenate a mixture of 75% conjugated (9+12+13+16) and 25% unconjugated (10+15) hydroperoxides. Cottonseed, safflower, and corn oil esters showed, as in soybean esters, the presence of varying amounts of 12-hydroxy esters derived from the corresponding hydroperoxide at low peroxide values. Since these oils do not contain linolenic acid, a likely source of the 12-hydroperoxide is linoleic acid by photosensitized oxidation. Several lines of evidence support the conclusion that singlet oxygen may contribute to the unique hydroperoxide composition of vegetable oil esters at low levels of oxidation. In the presence of photosensitizers such as methylene blue and chlorophyll, the unique hydroperoxide composition (high levels of 10- and 12-hydroperoxides) obtained in soybean esters was similar to that produced by oxidation at low peroxide values. In contrast, a normal hydroperoxide composition was produced, as expected from the fatty acid composition of soybean oil esters, when singlet oxygen quenchers such as β-carotene and α-tocopherol were used and when the esters were treated with carbon black to remove natural photosensitizers. GC-MS analyses of the derived unsaturated alcohols provided indirect evidence for 12-hydroperoxy-9,13-diene in soybean esters as expected by photosensitized oxidation of linoleate.
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Frankel, E.N., Neff, W.E. & Bessler, T.R. Analysis of autoxidized fats by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry: V. Photosensitized oxidation. Lipids 14, 961–967 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02533431
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