TBARS values for the control rapidly increased
with increasing storage time. On day 0, TBARS values for
all treatments were significantly lower than those for the
control. This result indicates that lipid oxidation was
effectively retarded by BHA/BHT, ActiVinTM, Pycnogenol
s, and Herbaloxs during and immediately after cooking.
Compared to the control, all treatments had
significantly lower TBARS values at each day of testing
throughout storage. Pycnogenols was the most effective at
reducing the formation of TBARS, followed by ActiVinTM
and Herbaloxs. The hexanal content for all treatments was
significantly lower throughout the storage period than that
of the control (Table 4). All treatments were highly
effective at retarding hexanal development. Changes in
hexanal content over the 9 days of storage were similar to
changes in TBARS values (Table 3). TBARS values and
hexanal content were highly correlated (r ¼ 0.97; Pp0.01).