Effect of Irradiation, Packaging Methods and Storage Periods on the Oxidation of Cholesterol in Beef Meat

Beef loins that retailed in market were used as experimental samples. Some beef samples in raw state were packaged with PVDC as aerobic and vacuum condition. The other beef samples were cooked until core temperature arrived at 70$^{\circ}C$ and then packaged immediately in the same way of raw samples. After these samples were irradiated by electron beam 6kGy, irradiated samples were stored in refrigerator(2～4$^{\circ}C$). Identify and quantity of cholesterol oxides were analysed stored at 0 and 7 days, respectively. During the early stage of storage, 7$\beta$-hydroxycholesterol and 7-ketocholesterol were respectively produced from the raw meat samples, and the production of these chemicals were significantly higher (P$<$0.05) from the meats with aerobic packaging than those with vacuum packaging. With the passage of storage time, 7$\alpha$-hydroxycholesterol, 20$\alpha$-hydroxycholesterol, $\beta$-epoxide, $\beta$-epoxide and some other chemicals, which were not produced during the early stage of storage, were produced, Also, the production of these chemicals were significantly increased (P$<$0.05) with the passage of storage time. Cooked meat after irradiation and irradiated meat after cooking produced cholesterol on the 7th day of storage, although this chemical was not produced during the early stage of storage. Production of cholesterol oxides was significantly increased (P$<$0.05) with the passage of storage time for all treatments, and showed significantly lower value (P$<$0.05) with the vacuum packaging than aerobic packaging. Summarizing the aforementioned results, it was found that the production of cholesterol oxides was more easily affected by packaging condition than irradiation.

전자선 조사, 포장방법 및 저장기간이 우육의 콜레스테롤 산화에 미치는 영향

우육 등심부위를 1 cm 두께로 절단한 후 생육 시료는 PVDC 필름으로 호기적 포장과 진공포장을 하여 6 kGy 선량으로 전자선 조사를 실시한 후 2-4$^{\circ}C$의 냉장실에서 보관하면서 저장기간 별(0, 7일) 실험에 사용하였다. 전자선 조사 후 가열시료와 가열 후 전자선 시료는 oven에서 육 내부 온도가 70$^{\circ}C$ 될 때까지 가열한 다음 함기 포장과 진공포장을 즉시 실시한 후 생육 시료와 같은 조건으로 냉장실에서 보관하면서 생육 시료와 같은 저장기간별 콜레스테롤 산화물의 발생 종류와 발생량을 조사한 결과는 다음과 같다. 생육 시료에서 저장초기에는 7$\beta$-hydroxycholesterol과 7-ketocholesterol이 검출되었으며, 처리구간에는 함기포장 처리구가 진공포장 처리구에 비하여 유의적으로(P$<$0.05) 많은 발생량을 보였다. 저장기간이 경과함에 따라 저장초기에는 발생되지 않았던 7$\alpha$-hydroxycholesterol, 20$\alpha$-hydroxycholesterol, $\beta$- epoxide 및 $\alpha$-epoxide 등이 검출되었으며, 발생량도 저장기간이 경과함에 따라 유의적으로(P$<$0.05) 증가하였다. 전자선 조사 후 가열 시료와 가열 후 전자선 조사 시료는 저장 초기에는 발생되지 않았던 cholestanetriol이 저장 7일에 검출되었으며, 전처리구가 저장기간이 경과함에 따라 콜레스테롤 산화물의 발생량이 유의적으로(P$<$0.05) 증가하였으며, 처리구간에는 진공포장한 처리구가 함기포장한 처리구에 비하여 유의적으로 (P$<$0.05) 낮은 발생량을 보였다. 이상의 결과를 종합하면 콜레스테롤 산화물질의 발생량은 조사로 인하여 발생되는 량보다는 저장시 포장조건이 더 많은 영향을 미치는 것으로 밝혀졌다.