2. Food Chemistry Flashcards
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What chemical hormone do fruits release upon ripening?
Ethylene
Chlorophyll molecule reacting with hydrogen exhibits what shade of green?
Olive Green
What two common compounds are used together as an antioxidative system?
Ascorbic Acid and Citric Acid
What is the name of the final degradation compound of chlorophyll?
Pheophorbide
What is an isomer that is cheaper than Vitamin C?
Erythorbic Acid
What is the enzyme responsible for browning in apples and lettuce?
Polyphenol Oxidase
What are the acids present in fish oil?
Arachidonic Acid - DHA - EPA
What is surimi?
A concentrate of microfibrillar proteins of fish muscle.
What is Carboxyl-methyl cellulose often used for?
Thickener in foods (and stabilizer)
Does Kosmotrope ion discourage water structure?
No (they cause water molecules to favorably interact)
What is the main class of color compounds found in raspberries?
Anthocyanins
What is the major color compound in tomatoes?
Lycopenes
What is the structural difference between chlorophyll and chlorophyllide?
Chlocophyllide does not have a phytol tail
What happens to chlorophyll on heating?
Pheophytin forms
Alar is the trade name for what chemical compound?
Daminozide
How many polypeptide chains make up an antibody?
Four
What is the winterization process for an oil?
Cooling the oil and filtering of the solids formed so that long chained saturated fats do not crystallize at low temperatures.
What is the structural difference between chlorophyll and pheophytin?
Pheophytin does not have magnesium in porphyrin ring.
Peptide bond formation results in the formation of what secondary compound?
Water
Will lipid oxidation be higher at a water activity of .05 or .5?
0.05
How many carbon atoms and how many double bonds are there in arachidonic acid?
20 carbons and 4 double bonds
What are the three stages of oxidative rancidity?
Initiation - Propagation - Termination
What ketohexose is most significant to food chemists?
Fructose
How many carbon atoms are there in the fatty acid myristic acid?
14