from bougainvillea the highest pH (6.4).
One of the strategies employed to diminish acrylamide concentrations in potatoes is to immerse them in acids or solutions with a low pH, since under these conditions the amino group of asparagine acquires protons, thus preventing its union with reducing sugars and thereby preventing the Maillard reaction from occurring.
Mestdagh et al. (2008) achieved a 100% reduction of acrylamide in fried potatoes
by immersing them in citric acid solutions (0.1, 0.05 and 0.025 mol L1).
Although the lowest pH was obtained with the cinnamon extract (5.1), this was not sufficient to achieve a significant reduction of acrylamide levels, since this requires a pH < 5, according to a report by Jung et al. (2003)