Abstract
Pure linoleic acid hydroperoxides and their secondary degraded products have been used as radical and non-radical products of oxidized lipids to determine the mechanism of polymerization of proteins by oxidized lipids. The radical reaction effecting polymerization of proteins was found to be specific with proteins and the mechanism of polymerization involves the initiation of protein radical formation by hydroperoxides which in turn interacts to form polymers. The polymerization of proteins by the non-radical products may be attributed to the intermolecular carbonyl-amine cross-linking reaction.
