H. Chin, R. Lindsay
Jul 1, 1994
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Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Abstract
Mechanisms for the formation of methanethiol, dimethyl disulfide, and dimethyl trisulfide in disrupted cabbage tissues were investigated. Dimethyl disulfide was produced in both air- and nitrogen-saturated disrupted cabbage tissues without significant differences (p≤0.05), which indicated that air oxidation of methanethiol is not the predominant mechanism for the formation of dimethyl disulfide. These results favored the mechanism in which the formation of dimethyl disulfide occurs from chemical disproportionation of methyl methanethiosulfinate. Methanethiol and dimethyl trisulfide were formed rapidly in model systems containing either methyl methanethiosulfinate or methyl methanethiosulfonate and hydrogen sulfide