For the purpose of finding effective antioxidants on the vitamin A concentrate or its ester, studies have been made on stabilization of the vitamin A concentrate with commercial antioxidants such as nordihydroguaiaretic acid (N. D. G. A.), butylated hydroxyanisole (B. H. A.), B. H. A. compound (mixture of 67% B. H. A., 20% propyl gallate and 13% citric acid), ethyl protocatechuate (E. P. ), E. P. compound (mixture of 66.79% E. P., 20% propyl gallate and 13.3% citric acid), propyl gallate (P. G.) and, isoamyl gallate (I. G.).
1. Experiments for moleculecular distillate of acetylated vitamin A concentrate.
In a series of tests the above antioxidants (0.5%) with or without synergists (0.5%) are added to the sample prepared from whale liver oil. Numbers of a small beaker, each containing one gram of different mixture or the control are placed in an incubator kept at 30°C. Vitamin A potency is measured by a B
ECKMAN spectrophotometer at intervals of time. Degrees of colour, odour and / or taste are represented through the senses.
Results obtained are as follows.
a) B. H. A. is the most effective, and B. H. A. compound and N. D. G. A. come next. P. G., E. P., E. P. compound and I. G. show very weak stabilizing effect (table 1, figures 1 and 2).
b) In all cases but E. P. and E. P. compound, addition of synergist increases the stabilizing effect of antioxidant. Synergic action of thiourea is very strong and better than that of citric acid.
c) Stabilizing action of N. D. G. A. and B. H. A. is different. The loss of vitamin A after the end of induction period is greater in case of the former than the latter.
d) Change in colour, odour and taste of the sample vitamin A concentrate is shown in figures 3 and 5. In case of N. D. G. A. destruction of vitamin A agrees with the disapearance of colour, development of rancid odour and bitter taste.
e) Stability of vitamin A is increased in proportion to the concentration of B. H. A. compound (table 2 and 4).
But synergic action of thiourea is not proportional to its concentration (table 3 and figure 6).
2. Experiments for the vitamin A alcohol and its ester (acetate) concentrated fiom fish liver oil.
Using the same method as 1, the following results are obtained.
a) Non-diluted vitamin A alcohol is not comparable with its ester in stabilizing effect. Because the increase of viscosity of the sample accompanied by the oxidation of vitamin A prevents further oxidation to obscure stabilizing effect of antioxidant (table 4).
b) In case of diluted ones, however, they do not show this phenomenon. If diluted with vegetable oil, vitamin A alcohol is more stable than its ester. Consequently, weak antioxidants like E. P. compound stabilize vitamin A ester fairly well but have almost no effect on the alcohol. Both B. H. A. compound and N. D. G. A. are effective on vitamin A alcohol and its ester, but effectiveness of N. D. G. A. on the ester is inferior to that of B. H. A. compound (figure 7).
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