Postmarketing Surveillance for the Photosensitised Oxidation of Vegetable Oils in the Marketplace

Dodoo D. Adjei F. Tulashie S.K. Awuku S. Amenakpor J. Megbenu H.K.
2022 Japan Oil Chemists Society

Journal of Oleo Science
2022 #71 Issue 6 795 - 811 pp.

This study conducts postmarketing surveillance for the photosensitised oxidation of vegetable oils (VOs) stored in different conditions in the marketplace during commercialisation. Coconut oil, palm kernel oil, soybean oil and sunflower oil were exposed to direct sunlight and kept in the dark for six weeks. The results showed a significant (p < 0.05) increase in PV and a severe decrease in the iodine value, chlorophyll, β-carotene, colour content, and the fatty acid compositions (oleic and linoleic acids mainly) in the light-exposed VOs. The FTIR analysis also identified the formation of the hydroperoxides (3444 cm^–1), secondary oxidation products (1743 – 1723 cm^–1) and the loss of the cis-disubstituted olefins (723 cm^–1) bands in the light-exposed VOs. This indicated that oils exposed to light for an extended period of time could undergo photosensitised oxidation due to photosensitisers like chlorophyll. In contrast, the unexposed VOs showed no significant change (p > 0.05) in their chemical compositions. The photosensitised oxidation increased in the order: coconut oil < palm kernel oil < soybean oil < sunflower oil.

marketplace , photosensitised oxidation , postmarketing surveillance , sunlight , vegetable oils

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Industrial Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Central Region, Cape Coast, Ghana
Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ashanti Region, Kumasi, Ghana
Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan

Industrial Chemistry Section
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Department of Chemistry
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering

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