The Maillard Reaction in Food Processing, Human Nutrition and Physiology, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1990 4th International Symposium on the Maillard Reaction Advances in Life Sciences Series

Preface.- The Maillard reaction by Ted Labuza.- Chemistry.- Chemical Pathways of the Maillard Reaction.- Roast Aroma Formation. The Role of Amino Acids During the Maillard Reaction.- Detection of Maillard Reaction Intermediates by High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and Gas Chromatography.- Oxidative Degradation of Protein-Bound Amadori Products : Formation of Nc-Carboxymethyllysine and N-Carboxymethyl Amino Acids as Indicators of the Extent of Non-Enzymatic Glysosylation.- Glucose-Lysozyme Reactions in a Restricted Water Environment.- Model Experiments on the Formation of N-?-Carboxymethyllysine (CML) in Foods.- Maillard Reaction in Sugar-Protein Systems.- The Role of 3-Deoxyglucosone in the Maillard Reaction.- Characterization of the Major Browning Derivates of Lysine with 2-Amino-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose.- Intramolecular Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions of Tryptophan and Lysine Amadori Rearrangement Products.- Related Ring Enlargement Reactions of Proline, Azetidinic Acid, Arginine and Lysine with Reducing Sugars.- Effect of Lipid in the Maillard Reaction.- Heterocycle Formation from Malondialdehyde and Amino Sugars.- Key Mechanistic Problems Posed by the Maillard Reaction.- Food Science.- The Influence of Maillard Reactions on the Sensory Properties of Foods.- Development of the Maillard Reaction During Food Processing.- Studies on Bakers Yeast as a Source of Maillard-Type Bread Flavor Compounds.- Flavor Problems Associated with the Microwave Cooking of Food Products.- Volatile Components of Okra (Hibiscus Esculentus L.) Formed as a Result of the Maillard Reaction.- The Mode of Action of Antibacterial Maillard Reaction Products.- Inhibitory Effects of Tea Extracts on the Formation of Advanced Glycosylation Products.- The Antibacterial Effect of Maillard ReactionProducts and Sorbic Acid at Different pH Levels and Temperatures..- Safety of Amino Acids Heated with Sodium Ascorbate.- The Chemistry of Coloured Compounds Formed During Sugar Manufacture.- Nutrition.- Influence of the Maillard Reaction on the Nutritional Value of Foods.- Metabolism and Physiological Effects of Maillard Reaction Products (MRP).- Balance Studies with Glycosylated Proteins on Human Volunteers.- Separation and Characterization of Metal Chelating Compounds in Coffee.- Antioxidative Effect of Maillard Reaction Products in Vivo.- Effect of Melanoidin on Cholesterol in Plasma, Liver and Feces in Rats Fed a High-Cholesterol Diet.- Immunodominancy and Antigenic Structure of Lactose-Protein Maillard Adduct.- Antibody-Binding to a Maillard-Reacted Protein.- Physiological Activity and Metabolism of 3-Deoxyglucosone.- Allergenicity of Malondialdehyde-Protein Complex in Soybean-sensitive Individuals.- Toxicology.- Mutagens and Carcinogens Formed by Cooking Meat and Fish : Heterocyclic Amines.- Anticarcinogenic Effect of Browning Reaction Products.- Maillard Reactions and the Formation of Genotoxic Amino-imidazoazaarenes (AIA) Present in Fried Meat and Fish.- Micromethod for the Determination of Heterocyclic Amines.- Scavenging of Active Oxygens by Melanoidin.- Inhibition of in Vivo Mutagenicity by Maillard Reaction Products and Coffee.- Mutagen Formation in Wheat Gluten, Carbohydrates, and Amino Acid and Gluten Carbohydrate Blends.- 2-0xoaldehyde-Metabolizing Enzymes in Animal and Plant Tissues.- Inhibition of Formation of Mutagens/Carcinogens During Cooking of Meat.- In Vivo Reaction.- The Maillard Reaction as a Basis for a Theory of Aging.- Nonenzymatic Reaction of Reducing Sugars with DNA.- Accumulation of Maillard Reaction Products in Tissue Proteins.- In Vitroand In Vivo Glycation of Human IgG.- Formation of Early and Advanced Glycation Products of Lens Crystal1ins with Erythrose, Ribose and Glucose.- Increased Glycation of Human Erythrocyte Cu, Zn-Superoxide Dismutase in Diabetic Patients with Cataracts and Retinopathy.- Autoxidation and DNA Cleavage Reaction of Glycated Proteins.- Biological Recognition of Advanced End Product of the Maillard Reaction.- Prevention of the Maillard Reaction and Reversible Destruction of Advanced Glycation End Products (Age) by Novel Organic Germanium Compounds and Aminoguanidine.- Parent Ion Spectroscopy Use in the Identification of Advanced Glycation Products.- Autoxidation of Amadori Compounds in the Presence of Copper Ion and its Effects on the Oxidative Damage to Protein.- Acceleration of Fructose-Mediated Collagen Glycation.- Decreased Actin Activated Myosin ATPase Activity by Non-Enzymatic Glycation.- Generation of Superoxide During and Autoxidation of Glycated Protein : Participation in Phospholipids Peroxidation.- Secondary Glycation of Nonenzymatically Glycated Protein by Fructose : a Possible Source of Fluorescence Generation.- Involvement of Monosaccharide Autoxidation in DNA Glycation under Physiological Conditions.