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SHAHZAD HUSSAIN

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كلية علوم الأغذية والزراعة
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Enhancing the quality and lipid stability of chicken nuggets using natural antioxidants

Hussain, Muhammad Sajid ArshadEmail author, Ali Imran, Muhammad Tahir Nadeem, Muhammad Sohaib, Farhan Saeed, Faqir Muhammad Anjum, Joong-Ho Kwon and Shahzad . 2017

Six types of diets were prepared for feeding the chickens to evaluate the quality of nuggets made from the leg meat of these experimental animals. These included control, diet enriched with wheat germ oil (WGO), which is a rich natural source of α-tocopherol (AT), diet with added AT or α-lipoic acid (ALA), diet with a combination of either ALA and WGO (ALA + WGO) or ALA and synthetic AT (ALA + AT). ALA has great synergism with synthetic as well as natural AT (WGO).

Results

The diet with WGO and ALA showed the best potential with respect to both antioxidant activity and total phenolic content. HPLC results revealed that the chicken nuggets made from WGO + ALA group showed maximum deposition of AT and ALA. The stability of the nuggets from control group was found to be significantly lower than that of nuggets from the WGO + ALA group. Total fatty acid content too was higher in the nuggets from this group. The poly unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) were found to be higher in the nuggets from the groups fed with a combination of natural and synthetic antioxidants.

Conclusion

It is concluded that the combination of natural and synthetic antioxidants in the animal feed exerts a synergistic effect in enhancing the stability and quality of chicken nuggets.

 

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by Muhammad SohaibEmail author, Faqir Muhammad Anjum, Muhammad Sajid Arshad, Muhammad Imran, Ali Imran and Shahzad Hussain
2017
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Six types of diets were prepared for feeding the chickens to evaluate the quality of nuggets made from the leg meat of these experimental animals.

by Muhammad Sajid ArshadEmail author, Ali Imran, Muhammad Tahir Nadeem, Muhammad Sohaib, Farhan Saeed, Faqir Muhammad Anjum, Joong-Ho Kwon and Shahzad Hussain
2017