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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Effects of Fe3+ and Antioxidants on Glycidyl Esters Formation in Plant Oil at High Temperature and Their Influencing Mechanisms

Weiwei Cheng†, Guoqin Liu*, †, ‡, §, and Xinqi Liu⊥, #

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School of Food Science and Engineering and ‡Guangdong Province Key Laboratory for

Green Processing of Natural Products and Product Safety, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China §

College of Food Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology, Zhengzhou

450001, China ┴

Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health and #School of

Food and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048, China

Corresponding author *G. Liu, Tel: 8620-8711-3875. Fax: 8620-8711-4262. E-mail: [email protected].

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ABSTRACT: This research investigated the effects of Fe3+ and antioxidants on glycidyl

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esters (GEs) formation and the free radical-mediated mechanisms involving the recognition

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of cyclic acyloxonium free radical intermediate (CAFRI) for GEs formation in both plant oil

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model (palm oil, camellia oil, soybean oil, and linseed oil) system and chemical model

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(dipalmitin and methyl linoleate) system heated at 200 °C. Results show that Fe3+ can

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promote the formation of GEs, which can be inhibited by antioxidants in plant oil during

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high-temperature exposure. Based on the monitoring of cyclic acyloxonium and ester

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carbonyl group by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, the promotion of Fe3+ and the

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inhibition of antioxidants (tert-butylhydroquinone and α-tocopherol) for GEs formation

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occurred not only through lipid oxidation but also through directly affecting the formation of

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cyclic acyloxonium intermediate. Additionally, a quadrupole-time of flight tandem mass

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spectrometry measurement was conducted to identify the presence of radical adduct

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captured by 5,5-dimethylpyrroline-N-oxide, which provided strong evidence for the

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formation of CAFRI. Thus, one possible influencing mechanism can be that free radical

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generated in lipid oxidation may be transferred to dipalmitin and promote CAFRI formation.

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Fe3+ can catalyze free radical generation while antioxidants can scavenge free radical, and

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therefore they also can directly affect CAFRI formation.

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KEYWORDS: glycidyl esters, plant oil, iron ion, antioxidants, lipid oxidation, influencing

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mechanisms

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Introduction

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In 2010, glycidyl esters (GEs) of fatty acids, a group of new potential food-processing

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contaminants, was first be detected in edible oils and fats due to the regular overestimation

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of 3-monochloropropane-1,2-diol (3-MCPD) esters of fatty acids analyzed by early indirect

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methods.1 Since then, plentiful literature has reported that GEs are mainly formed in the

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deodorization step during oil refining and therefore widely existed in refined oils, fats, and

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oil-based food, including infant formula.2-6 Although there is no available evidence for the

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detrimental effect of GEs on human and animal, the hydrolysate, glycidol, has been

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determined to be genotoxic and carcinogenic to rats7 and has already been categorized as

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group 2A carcinogen by the Intl. Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).8 Therefore, to

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develop the efficient elimination and inhibition method for reducing GE levels in edible oils,

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the further influencing factors and formation mechanisms should be investigated

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thoroughly.

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Up to now, it has been well known that deodorization temperature and time, type of oil, as

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well as oil preparation method have significant effects on the formation of GEs.9

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Furthermore, diacylglycerols (DAGs) and monoacylglycerols (MAGs) have been identified

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as the precursors of GE formation.9 Recently, our research group has published a

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comprehensive review of the formation, occurrence, analysis, and elimination method of

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GEs in refined edible oils.10 To sum up, there are four proposed reaction pathways for GE

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formation derived from DAGs and MAGs, all involving the intramolecular rearrangement via

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charge migration and differing by means of either the nature of the intermediate or the

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leaving group. Two of the proposed mechanisms involve a common reactive intermediate,

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that is, cyclic acyloxonium ion, formed by either deacidification of 1,2-DAGs or dehydration



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of MAGs (either 1-MAGs or 2-MAGs). The other 2 pathways consider a direct

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intramolecular rearrangement followed by elimination of fatty acid for DAGs (either

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1,2-DAGs or 1,3-DAGs) or of water for 1-MAGs. Our previous study confirmed the

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presence of cyclic acyloxonium intermediate (CAI) during GE formation at high temperature

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using attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR‒FTIR),

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which was also earlier conducted to investigate the formation of CAI during 3-MCPD ester

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formation.11 Afterward, a novel free radical-mediated mechanism for 3-MCPD ester

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formation from DAGs,12 triacylglycerols (TAGs),13 and MAGs14 was proposed, which was

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involved in the formation of cyclic acyloxonium free radical intermediates but not cyclic

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acyloxonium cations. Also, based on that, mitigating 3-MCPD esters formation by

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antioxidant and radical scavenger was also investigated in detail.15,16 However, the issue

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whether the free radical-mediated mechanisms are as well responsible for the formation of

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GEs remains still unclear.

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Lipid oxidation is one of the vital reactions resulting in the quality deterioration of edible

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oil and oil-based food and commonly occurs resulting from the oxidative cleavage of an

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electron-rich double bond in unsaturated fatty acid (UFAs). It has been well known that lipid

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oxidation involves many types of free radicals which are possible to participate in the

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formation of CAI and even influence GE formation. Pro-oxidant and antioxidant can

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significantly affect the lipid oxidation via the corresponding promotion and inhibition of free

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radicals. Currently, the free radical-mediated mechanisms of 3-MCPD ester formation have

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been identified before,12 but there is yet no report about the relationship between lipid

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oxidation/free radical and GE formation at high temperature.


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Therefore, our present study aimed to investigate the effect of Fe3+ and antioxidants on

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the formation of GEs and to further ascertain the free radical mediated mechanisms and the

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influencing mechanisms of lipid oxidation for GE formation in both model oil system and

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chemical model system. To exclude the interference of DAG and MAG discrepancy in

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different types of oils, model oil was selected as real oil system. A series of model

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experiments consisting of the addition of Fe2(SO4)3, tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ), and

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α-tocopherol (VE) were conducted at 200 °C with dipalmitin, diolein, or methyl linoleate as

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chemical models. FTIR was used to determine the cyclic acyloxonium and ester carbonyl

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groups, and quadrupole−time of flight mass spectrometer (Q‒TOF MS) was used to identify

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the presence of radical adduct captured by 5,5-dimethylpyrroline-N-oxide (DMPO).

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Materials and methods

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Materials

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Crude palm oil was a gift from Yihai Kerry (Tianjin) Investment Co., Ltd. (Tianjin, China),

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and it originates from Malaysia. Crude camellia oil was purchased from Yongxing Taiyu

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Camellia Oil Co., Ltd. (Chenzhou, China). Crude soybean oil was provided as a gift from

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China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO). Crude linseed oil was

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graciously provided by Gansu Abest Plant Oil Development Co., Ltd. (Jinchang, China).

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These crude oils were prepared by solvent extraction and free of GEs. Model palm oil

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(MPO), model camellia oil (MCO), model soybean oil (MSO), and model linseed oil (MLO)

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were

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sn-1,2-Dipalmitin (DPG, 98%), sn-1,2-diolein (DOG, ≥97%), 3-MCPD (98%), DMPO (≥

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97%), TBHQ (97%), hexadecane ( ≥ 99%), and VE ( ≥ 96%) were purchased from

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Sigma-Aldrich Co., Ltd. (St. Louis, MO). Methyl linoleate (ML, 95%) was purchased from

prepared

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column

chromatography

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the

present

study.


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Aladdin Reagent Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). d5-3-MCPD (99%) and phenylboronic acid

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(PBA) were bought from Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Osaka, Japan). Analytical

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grade sodium thiosulfate, iron(III)sulfate (Fe2(SO4)3), n-hexane, glacial acetic acid, diethyl

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ether, petroleum ether (bp 30−60 °C), methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE), and anhydrous

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sodium sulfate were purchased from Sinopharm Chemical Reagent Co., Ltd. (Shanghai,

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China). 100‒200 mesh silica gel was obtained from Qingdao BANKE Separation Materials

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Co., Ltd. (Qingdao, China). All other chemicals in this work were of analytical grade.

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Preparation of Model Oil

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The degumming, deacidification, and bleaching procedure of crude plant oils were

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conducted according to the same operation in our previous report,9 which aimed to obtain

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the refined-bleached (RB) plant oils. Subsequently, column chromatographic method was

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carried out to prepare the corresponding model oil with the absence of polar fraction. The

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solvent A for the column was the mixture of petroleum ether and diethyl ether (87:13, v/v),

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and solvent B was diethyl ether. The silica gel (about 80 g) activated by 5 % deionized

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water was loaded into a glass column fitted with a stopcock and a sintered disc with an aid

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of a slurry in solvent A.

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RB oil obtained above was treated with anhydrous sodium sulfate and activated carbon

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to remove the moisture and chlorinated substances, respectively. Subsequently, the RB oil

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was dissolved in 2 × 30 mL of solvent A and poured into the glass column. 150 mL of

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solvent A was used to elute the nonpolar fraction that was regarded as model oil in this

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study. Additionally, the polar fraction remained on the silica column was also eluted by 150

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mL of solvent B. Last, the solvent in the nonpolar or polar eluent was preliminarily removed

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by rotary evaporator (Zhengzhou Yarong Instruments Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou, China) at


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50 °C and then evaporated completely with a gentle nitrogen flow. Both fractions were

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stored in the nitrogen-filled bottle at ‒18 °C until analysis.

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Heating Experiment in Oil Model System

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A series of different levels of TBHQ and Fe2(SO4)3 were added into model oil prepared in

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Preparation of Model Oil section and mixed completely. The final concentrations were

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reached at 0.05, 0.12, and 0.18 mg/g for TBHQ, as well as 0.1, 0.2, and 0.4 mg/mL for

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Fe2(SO4)3. Alternatively, the reaction bottle (10.2 cm tall, I.D. 1.8 com) was sealed by an

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ampoule filling machine (Changsha Buyuan Pharmaceutical Machinery Co., Ltd.,

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Changsha, China) under nitrogen aeration or exposed in air. Model oil without any addition

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of TBHQ or Fe2(SO4)3 was set as control. The heating treatment was conducted at 200 °C

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under air or nitrogen. After that, the samples were cooled to room temperature and stored

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in a nitrogen-filled glass bottle at 4 °C prior to further analysis. All experiments were

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performed in triplicate.

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Heating Experiment in the Chemical Model System

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DPG and DOG, dissolved in hexadecane and prepared at a concentration of 1.0 mg/mL,

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were selected as the chemical model representing the precursors of GE formation in plant

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oil. The antioxidants (TBHQ and VE) were prepared at 0.005 mol/L in hexadecane. 2 mg

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aliquot of pro-oxidant (Fe2(SO4)3) or 1.0 mL of antioxidant solution, as well as 4 mL of pure

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ML, were selectively added into chemical model system to investigate their effect on GE

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formation. The formulas of model mixtures were exhibited in Table 1. After being blended

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thoroughly by vortexing, the mixture was heated at 200 °C for 1 h in a drying oven

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(Shanghai Keelrein Scientific Instruments Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China), and then stored in a



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nitrogen-filled glass bottle at 4 °C prior to GE analysis. All experiments were performed in

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triplicate.

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Analytical Methods. Peroxide value (POV). POV was determined according to a modified

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iodometric method.17 Briefly, 5 g of oil sample was dissolved completely in 50 mL of solvent

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mixture consisting of acetic acid and isooctane (3:2, v/v), in which 0.5 mL of saturated KI

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solution was then added. After 1 min at ambient temperature with an occasional shake, 30

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mL of deionized water was poured into the reaction cube, shaking vigorously to release all

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iodine from isooctane layer, and then titration was performed against 0.1 mol/L sodium

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thiosulfate using 1% starch indicator until the blue-grey color just disappeared. All samples

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were determined in triplicate unless otherwise mentioned. Results were presented as

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mequiv peroxide/kg of oil.

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p-Anisidine Value (p-AV). A measure of p-AV was done based on AOCS official Method

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Cd 18-9018 with some modifications. Briefly, 2.0 g aliquot of oil sample was weighed into a

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25 mL volumetric flask and dissolved by iso-octane, and then diluted to 25 mL. A Genesys

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10S spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA) was used to determine the

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absorbance of this above solution (Ab) at 350 nm, against isooctane as blank.

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Subsequently, 5 mL of oil-isooctane solution was mixed with 1 mL 2.5 g/L p-anisidine

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reagent. After 8 min at 25 °C, the absorbance of this reaction solution (As) at 350 nm was

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measured, and the mixture containing 5 mL isooctane and 1 mL p-anisidine reagent was

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used as blank. p-AV was calculated based on the following formula: p-AV=25 × (1.2As‒

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Ab)/m, where As and Ab denote the absorbance of the reaction mixture and oil-isooctane

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solution, respectively, and m is the mass of oil. Additionally, according to the previous


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report,19 total oxidation value (TOTOX) was calculated as (2 × POV) + p-AV. All measures

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were performed in triplicate.

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Total Polar Component (TPC). The amount of TPC was determined by a gravimetric

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method. The polar fraction was isolated from model oil by column chromatography

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separation, as described in Preparation of Model oil section. After removing the elution

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solvent, TPC was then dried in an oven at 105 ± 2 °C and weighed accurately. All

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measures were performed in triplicate. TPC level was presented as the percentage of

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model oil.

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TPC composition. High performance size exclusion chromatography (HPSEC) was

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utilized to analyze the composition of TPC based on the method reported by Cao et al.20

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with a minor adjustment of sample preparation. TPC sample was prepared based on the

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procedure in Preparation of Model Oil and Total Polar Component (TPC) sections. Then,

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this sample was dissolved in a mixture of n-hexane and isopropanol (10:1, v/v) to a

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concentration of 10 mg/mL. After being filtered through a 0.45 µm nylon membrane, this

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solution was transferred into the 1.5 mL test tubes and stored at ‒18 °C until further

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analysis. TPCs, consisting of oxidized triacylglycerols (oxTAGs), triacylglycerol polymers

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(TGPs), triacylglycerol dimers (TGDs), DAGs, MAGs, and free fatty acids (FFAs), were

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determined by high-performance liquid chromatography using Waters 2695 system

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equipped with a refractive index detector and two tandem Ultrastyragel columns (300 mm ×

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4.6 mm, 5 µm; 100 and 500 Å), connected to a guard column (50 mm × 4.6 mm) (Waters

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Co., Milford, MA). A 10 µL aliquot of TPC sample was injected and eluted with

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tetrahydrofuran at a flow rate of 0.7 mL/min at the column temperature of 35 °C. oxTAGs,

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TGPs, TGDs, DAGs, MAGs, and FFAs in oil samples were quantified by area normalization



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method. All measures were performed in triplicate. The results were presented as the

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percentage of model oil.

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GE analysis. An indirect method for GE determination in oil sample using gas

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chromatography−mass spectrometry (GC‒MS) was developed base on the AOCS Official

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Method (AOCS Cd 29c-13)21 and original DGF method C-III 18 (09)22 with some

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modifications. Briefly, two 100 mg of oil samples were weighed into test tubes containing

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100 µL MTBE and 0.5 g d5-3-MCPD, which was labeled as assay A and assay B. Then,

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200 µL of 25 g/L sodium methoxide-methanol solution was added into the test tubes to

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liberate free 3-MCPD and glycidol from their bound forms, which is stop by the addition of

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600 µL of 200 g/L acidic sodium chloride solution (assay A) and 600 µL of 600 g/L acidic

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sodium bromide solution (assay B), respectively. After 600 µL n-hexane was added into

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both tubes and kept at room temperature with vigorous shaking for about 5 min, both tubes

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were centrifuged at 4000 r/min for 5 min. Subsequently, 200 µL of saturated PBA-diethyl

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ether solution was added to both obtained organic phase above and stood at 30 °C for 20

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min. these both assays were dried using a soft nitrogen flow and then reconstituted in 500

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µL isooctane, which was stored at ‒18 °C until GC-MS analysis.

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3-MCPD derivatives were separated and quantified in a Shimadzu QP2010Plus GC-MS

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system (Shimadzu, Tokio, Japan) equipped with a 30 m × 0.25 mm × 0.25 µm Agilent

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TG-5MS column. 1 µL of sample was injected in a splitless mode with high purity helium as

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the carrier gas at 1.18 mL/min. The oven temperature program and EI-MS conditions were

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depicted as our previous report.9 The quantitation of GEs was conducted according to the

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original DGF method C-III 18 (09), GE level was calculated as (Assay A ‒ Assay B) × 0.67.

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All measures were conducted in triplicate.


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Determination of Cyclic Acyloxonium and Ester Carbonyl Groups by FTIR. The

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variation of cyclic acyloxonium and ester carbonyl groups was monitored using ATR-FTIR.

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The mixtures of DPG with Fe2(SO4)3 and VE, respectively, as well as single DPG, were

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heated at 200 °C for 15 min. After that, Fe2(SO4)3 or VE was removed by solvent extraction

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(n-hexane and methanol, respectively), centrifugation, and nitrogen blowing. The dried

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samples were separately pressed onto the KBr pellet and scanned immediately at

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wavenumbers ranging from 1500 to 1900 cm-1 in a VERTEX 70 spectrometer (Bruker

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Optics, Ettlingen, Germany). DSG at 25 °C was used as negative control. Data were

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processed using OPUS 7.2 software (Bruker Optics GmbH, Ettlingen, Germany).

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Determination of DMPO Radical Adducts by Q‒TOF MS/MS. The determination of

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DMPO radical adducts was conducted according to the previous report by Zhang et al.12

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with a minor modification. 2 mL of 1.0 mg/mL DPG in toluene was mixed with 2 mL of 5.0

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mg/mL DMPO, which was then heated at 200 °C for 15 min. Likewise, 4 mL of 0.5 mg/mL

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DPG-toluene solution was also heated at the same conditions, which was set as control.

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After both cooling immediately to room temperature in the freezing chamber, the DPG

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solution was diluted 50-fold with toluene and then injected into the Bruker Maxis Impact Q‒

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TOF mass spectrometer (Bruker Co., Bremen, Germany) combined with tandem mass

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spectrometry (MS/MS) for analysis. Electrospray ionization positive mode (ESI+) was

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selected as the LockSpray source. High purity nitrogen was used for drying (4.0 L/min), and

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nebulization (0.6 Bar). The drying heater was set as 180 °C, and the voltage of capillary

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was 3.5 kV. MS spectra were recorded at the range of 50‒1000 mass/charge (m/z) and

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processed using a Bruker Compass DataAnalysis 4.1 software (Bruker Co., Bremen,

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Germany).



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Statistical analysis. All tests were carried out in triplicate independently. Data were

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reported as mean ± standard deviation (SD). Statistical significance was measured by

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Duncan's multiple range tests using SPSS 22.0 software (IBM Corp. Armonk, NY, USA),

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and the difference between data was considered to be significant at P < 0.05.

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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The relationship between GE formation and lipid oxidation and radical scavenging in

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plant oil was investigated and demonstrated in the present work. Previously, we have get a

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result that 200 °C is a turning point for the formation rate of GEs in laboratory-scale

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deodorization, and thus it was used as the heating temperature. To eliminate the

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interference of polar fractions containing the precursors of GE formation, that is, DAGs and

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MAGs, model oil without polar fractions was prepared and used as the research subject.

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Based on the fatty acid composition of plant oil that is essentially and closely linked to lipid

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oxidation, palm oil, camellia oil, soybean oil, and linseed oil were selected in this study. The

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fatty acid composition of their corresponding model oil was shown in Figure 1. The effects

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of Fe3+, TBHQ, and VE on GE formation were investigated in both model oil and chemical

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model systems via GC‒MS and FTIR. At last, in order to ascertain their influencing

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mechanisms, the free radical in model systems was captured by DMPO and identified by

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Q‒TOF MS/MS. The results presented in this work will provide evidence for the free

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radical-mediated GE formation mechanism and show that lipid oxidation/free radical

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promotes for the formation of GEs in plant oil. Further, this work will lay a foundation for the

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development of efficient elimination methods of GEs.

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Evolution of GE Level, POV, TOTOX, and TPC Level in Plant Oil Model at High

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Temperature. It is well known that high temperature is not only largely responsible for the


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formation of GEs,23,24 but also can easily lead to lipid oxidation. According to our previous

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work,9 the experimental temperature was set at 200 °C in this study. When MPO, MCO,

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MSO, and MLO were heated directly at this temperature, GE levels were rather low and

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varied insignificantly during heating (data not shown). This observation is explained based

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on the previous finding that TAG is not the precursor of GE formation.24 Therefore, 4% DPG

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was added into the model oil to ensure the feasible formation of GEs in model oil. GE level,

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POV, TOTOX, and TPC level were monitored every 30 or 60 min during heating and the

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results were shown in Figure 2. From Figure 2A, GE levels in all tested model oils

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increased significantly with time. Interestingly, GE level in MLO was rather higher than that

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in other model oils. Based on the fact that the highest GE content was detected in palm oil

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and even palm oil-based fat.1,25-27, it was interesting to find that the formation of GEs in

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MPO was lowest in the tested model oils, which suggested the great contribution of TPC

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involving precursors to the formation of GEs. To our knowledge, this is the first report that

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when plant oil possesses the same amount of precursors, such as DAG, the type of plant

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oil seems responsible for the difference of GE levels in different tested oils. Lipid oxidation

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is one of the most common thermal reaction at high temperature, which is largely related to

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the degree of unsaturation of plant oil. It was well expected that MLO had the highest POV

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and TOTOX, followed by MSO, then MCO and MPO (Figure 2B and Figure 2C), which

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accounted for the difference of unsaturated fatty acid in tested oils (Figure 1). These results

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seemingly coincided with GE formation in tested oils (Figure 2A). However, it has also been

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reported that conventional heating enabled the increasing DAG level in edible oil.28 In the

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present study, as shown in Figure 2D, it was indeed found that TPC contents increased

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linearly with time up to 3 h, regardless of the type of oil. this finding was in agreement with



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the results reported by Correia et al.29 Additionally, TPC content in tested oil was ranked as

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MLO > MSO > MCO > MPO, which seemed also to be positively related to GE formation.

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Accordingly, these facts raised a question: what led to the discrepancy of GE levels among

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tested oils, lipid oxidation or TPC formation?

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Evaluation of Contribution of formed TPC, Pro-Oxidant, and Antioxidant to the

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Formation of GEs in Plant Oil Model at High Temperature. As depicted above, both

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TPC content and degree of lipid oxidation seemingly increased with the same trend with GE

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formation in tested oils. To further explain this phenomenon, first, TPC, consisting of oxTAG,

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TGP, TGD, FFA, MAG, and DAG, was analyzed every hour for a period of 3 h, and the

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results were presented in Table 2. In spite of the linear increase of TPC contents in all

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tested oils (Figure 2D), DAG and MAG levels were relatively low compared to

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oxidized/polymerized products, that is, oxTAG, TGP, and TGD, suggesting that oxidative

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polymerization was the main chemical reaction in heated oil exposed in air, as reported by

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Choe and Min.30 Previously, Craft et al.31 have reported that GE content increases

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exponentially when DAG level exceeds 3‒4% of oil but varied slightly with below 3% of

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DAG level. Thus, DAG and MAG (altogether 0.042‒0.139% of oil) from pyrolyzation of TAG

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contributed mildly to the formation of GEs during heating. In addition, as shown in Figure 3,

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the total levels of DAG and MAG did almost not present significant difference (P > 0.05) in

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tested oils heated for the same time. These findings seemingly indicated that the

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remarkable increase of TPC content did not necessary contribute to GE formation and the

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discrepancy of GE levels in different tested oils (Figure 2A) compared with our previous

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report.9


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Subsequently, the second experiment was to confirm the effects of pro-oxidants and

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antioxidants on the formation of GEs in four tested oils. For this sake, Fe2(SO4)3 and TBHQ

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were added into the model oil to promote or inhibit the lipid oxidation evaluated by POV and

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TOTOX levels (data not shown). Meanwhile, GE level was detected in these model oils

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heated at 200 °C for 1 h. The results were shown in Figure 4. It is well known that Fe3+ can

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initiate oil peroxidation by catalyzing the generation of alkyl radical.32,33 From Figure 4A, GE

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levels in tested model oils heated at 200 °C for 1 h increased significantly with the addition

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of Fe2(SO4)3 (P < 0.05). However, when EDTA-2Na, a chelating agent, together with

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Fe2(SO4)3 was added to model oil, GE level was significantly lower than that without

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EDTA-2Na (P VE. These results were consistent with that in the presence of ML and

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therefore indicated that Fe3+, TBHQ, and VE might also directly acting on the formation of

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GEs, which could involve the free radical mechanisms based on the promotion or inhibition

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mechanisms of these substances for lipid oxidation as depicted above.

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Monitoring of Cyclic Acyloxonium and Ester Carbonyl Groups in Chemical Model

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System Using ATR-FTIR. As depicted above, pro-oxidants and antioxidants could

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influence the formation of GEs not only through lipid oxidation but also through the direct

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effect on its formation pathway (for example, accelerated or inhibited the formation of CAI)

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in plant oil. Accordingly, to further investigate whether and how the pro-oxidant and

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antioxidant affect the formation reaction of GEs, cyclic acyloxonium and ester carbonyl

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groups were monitored in DPG system using ATR-FTIR. Due to the absence of ester



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carbonyl group in VE and without formation of cyclic acyloxonium group at high

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temperature,16 VE was just selected as the antioxidant in FTIR test. From Figure 6, two

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different carbonyl absorbance bands centered at 1709 and 1733 cm-1, representing two

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different chemical environments for the ester carbonyl groups (at sn-2 and sn-1 position,

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respectively),11 were observed in the spectra of DPG at 25 °C. Upon heating to 200 °C, just

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a carbonyl band centered at 1736 cm-1 was observed and the absorbance band of cyclic

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acyloxonium group centered at 1640 cm-1 appeared. When Fe2(SO4)3 and VE were

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respectively added into two same DPG model systems and heated at 200 °C for 1 h.

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Compared with the bands of carbonyl band and cyclic acyloxonium group of heated DPG

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system without any addition, for the former, the carbonyl band at 1736 cm-1 was weaker but

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the band of cyclic acyloxonium group was stronger; for the latter, on the contrary, DPG

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system heated together with VE still exhibited two carbonyl peaks and stronger one at 1733

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cm-1 as well as weaker band of cyclic acyloxonium group. These findings suggested that

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Fe3+ could accelerate the formation of cyclic acyloxonium intermediate, which was

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nevertheless slowed by VE. Previously, it has been reported that free radical, determined

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using electron spin resonance (ESR) spectrometry, was formed in sn-1,2-stearoylglycerol

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(DSG) system during heat exposure and a higher temperature seemingly resulted in an

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increasing ESR signal.12, 16 As a consequence, these observations led to an interesting

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hypothesis that the formation of GEs involved free radical-mediated mechanism, and more

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likely, occurred via a free radical intermediate.

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Monitoring of DMPO Radical Adducts in Chemical Model Using Q‒TOF MS/MS. To

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confirm the occurrence of a free radical intermediate during GE formation at high

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temperature, Q‒TOF MS and MS/MS were carried out to determine the DMPO radical


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adducts. The mixtures of DPG and DMPO heated at 200 °C for 15 min were injected into

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Q‒TOF MS/MS system. The MS and MS/MS spectra were recorded at the range of m/z

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100‒800 and shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8, respectively. As exhibited in Figure 7A, m/z

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314.5035 and 553.9145, attributed to [CAI’]+ (calcd 314.5017) and [CAI’’]+ (calcd 553.9172),

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respectively, shown in Figure 9A, was observed in the heated DPG system without DMPO,

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suggesting the formation of two different CAI. Glycidyl palmitate (PGE) (m/z 312.4838,

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calcd 312.4870) was also detected, which was consistent with FTIR measurement.9

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Analysis of the mixture of DPG and DMPO under the same conditions as above found two

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pairs of sodiated adduct ions, that is, at m/z 466.6428 most likely attributed to [CAI’ +

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DMPO + O + Na]+ (calcd 466.6489) and m/z 706.0681 for [CAI’’ + DMPO + O + Na]+ (calcd

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706.0644), as well as their corresponding hydrogenated ions (Figure 7B). However, neither

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[CAI’]+ nor [CAI’’]+ were observed in Figure 7B due to their complete reaction with DMPO,

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suggesting that the CAI existed in a free radical form, readily captured by DMPO. In

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addition, [PGE]+ was detected in the heated mixture of DPG and DMPO, which indicated

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the absence of GE radical intermediate formation at high temperature. This observation

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was not consistent with the speculative description of Zhang et al.13 that GEs might be

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formed through epoxide ring free radical intermediate. These findings provided support for

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that the DMPO radical adducts were involved in the formation of GEs derived from DPG in

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this model system at high temperature.

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To further confirm the formation of DMPO radical adducts, Q‒TOF MS/MS of the

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selected parent ion at m/z 706.0681 was also conducted. From Figure 8, the fragment ions

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at m/z 553.9152 corresponding to [CAI’’]+, as well as m/z 685.0949 and 686.0984

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consistent with [CAI’’ + DMPO + O + H]+ (calcd 685.0904) and [CAI’’ + DMPO + OH + H]+



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(calcd 685.0983), respectively, were detected upon collisionally activated dissociation of

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parent oil. Furthermore, [DMPO + Na]+ and [DMPO + O + Na]+ were also found in the

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fragment ions, which suggested that the parent ion at m/z 706.0681 was indeed the

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sodiated adduct of CAI and DMPO with one oxygen atom bound. Hence, these above data

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adequately demonstrated that GEs were formed through the free radical intermediate at

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high temperature.

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Proposed Influence Mechanism of Lipid oxidation on the Formation of GEs at High

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Temperature. According to the above data, a free radical-mediated mechanism for the

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formation of GEs from DAGs at high temperature was demonstrated in the present study

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(Figure 9A). The reaction process involved in the formation of cyclic acyloxonium free

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radical intermediates (CAI’ and CAI’’), which might be initiated by the removal of either fatty

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acid radical (R•) at the sn-2 position or hydroxyl radical at the sn-3 position combining with

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the thermally resulting radical (such as ROO•) that most likely originated from oil

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peroxidation, or the alternatively direct fracture of covalent bond under high-temperature

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condition. The ester carbonyl group at the sn-1 position might be immediately attacked by

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the sn-2 carbon-centered radical to form CAI’ free radical. Also, the ester carbonyl group at

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the sn-2 position might also be attacked by the sn-3 carbon-centered radical to form CAI’’

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free radical. As shown in Figure 9A, subsequently, CAI free radical could perform a further

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intramolecular rearrangement to form GEs in which the free radical might participate in the

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termination stage of oil autoxidation.36 As a consequence, the generated free radical during

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lipid oxidation could be in favor of the formation of cyclic acyloxonium free radical

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intermediates, which explained why lipid oxidation promoted GE formation (Figure 9B).

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Thus, the effects of Fe3+, TBHQ, and VE on the formation of GEs, as shown above, was well


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understood. More importantly, Fe3+ facilitated the formation of free radical, and therefore

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also positively (+) affected CAI formation. On contrary, antioxidant, such as TBHQ, VE, et

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al., could negatively (‒) affect CAI formation by scavenging free radical. In brief, the

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relationship between GE formation and lipid oxidation was exhibited in Figure 9B.

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In summary, the significant effect of Fe3+, TBHQ, and VE on GE formation at high

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temperature was demonstrated in both model oil system and chemical model system. The

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formation of GEs involved the free radical-mediated mechanisms and the formation of

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cyclic acyloxonium free radical intermediates was confirmed, which explained why the

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radical-generated lipid oxidation was in favor of GE formation. Therefore, it was well

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understood that Fe3+ promoted the formation of GEs, which was also inhibited by TBHQ

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and VE, by not only indirectly regulating lipid oxidation/free radical, but also by directly

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affecting CAI formation. These results will enlighten the development of effective

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elimination and inhibition methods for GE formation in the production of refined edible oil.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Author

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*Phone: +86 20 87113875. Fax: +86 20 87114262. E-mail: [email protected].

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ORCIDID

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Guoqin Liu: 0000-0001-9513-1115

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Funding

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The work was supported by the National Hi-tech Research and Development Project of

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China (Project No. 2013AA102103), the National Key Research and Development Program

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of China (Project No. 2016YFD0400401‒5), the National Natural Science Fund of China



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(Project No. 31471677), the Public Welfare (Agriculture) Research Project (Project No.

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201303072), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China.

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

ABBREVIATIONS USED GEs, glycidyl esters; 3-MCPD, 3-chloropropane-1,2-diol; MPO, model palm oil; MCO,

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model camellia oil; MSO, model soybean oil; MLO, model linseed oil; DAGs, diacylglycerols;

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MAGs, monoacylglycerols; CAI, cyclic acyloxonium intermediate; TPC, total polar

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component; FFAs, free fatty acids; PGE, glycidyl palmitate; PBA, phenylboronic acid;

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TBHQ, tert-butylhydroquinone; VE, α-tocopherol; DMPO, 5,5-dimethylpyrroline-N-oxide;

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oxTAGs, oxidized triacylglycerols; TGPs, triacylglycerol polymers, TGDs, triacylglycerol

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dimers; POV, peroxide value; p-AV, p-anisidine value; TOTOX, total oxidation value; SFA,

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saturated fatty acid; MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid;

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ATR‒FTIR, attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform Infrared; GC‒MS, gas

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chromatography-mass

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chromatography; Q‒TOF, quadrupole−time of flight; ESI, electrospray ionization. DGF,

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German Society for Fat Science; AOCS, American Oil Chemists’ Society.

spectrometry;

HPSEC,

high

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performance

size

exclusion

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Figure captions

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Figure 1. Fatty acid composition of model palm oil (MPO), model camellia oil (MCO) ,

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model soybean oil (MSO), and model linseed oil (LO). SFA, saturated fatty acid; MUFA,

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monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA: polyunsaturated fatty acid.

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Figure 2. Evolution of GE levels (A), POV (B), and TOTOX (C), as a function of time (0.5‒

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3.0 h) in tested model oils with the addition of 4% DPG heated at 200 °C, and evolution of

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TPC contents (D) in tested model oils heated at 200 °C. Data are mean ± standard

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deviation (SD) (n=3).

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Figure 3. Changes of total contents of DAGs and MAGs in MPO, MCO, MSO, and MLO

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during heating at 200 °C up to 3 h. All data are mean ± SD (n=3). Different letters at the

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same time represents significant difference between total levels of DAG and MAG in

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different types of model oil (P < 0.05)

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Figure 4. Effects of Fe2(SO4)3 (A), TBHQ (B), isolating oxygen (C) on GE formation in

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tested model oils with addition of 4% DPG heated at 200 °C for 1 h. aequimolar quantities of

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Fe3+ and EDTA-2Na were added into model oils. All data are mean ± SD (n=3). Values

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labeled by a different letter are significantly different for the same model oil (P < 0.05).

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Figure 5. GE levels in different chemical model systems heated at 200 °C for 1 h. All data

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are mean ± SD (n=3). Values labeled by different letters are significantly different (P

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