The foodomics approach to investigate the impact of the matrix structure on food quality: applications of magnetic resonance spectroscopy, relaxometry and imaging

Urbinati, Eleonora (2021) The foodomics approach to investigate the impact of the matrix structure on food quality: applications of magnetic resonance spectroscopy, relaxometry and imaging, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna. Dottorato di ricerca in Nanoscienze per la medicina e per l'ambiente, 33 Ciclo.
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Abstract

The aim of this thesis is to explore the possible influence of the food matrix on food quality attributes. Using nuclear magnetic resonance techniques, the matrix-dependent properties of different foods were studied and some useful indices were defined to classify food products based on the matrix behaviour when responding to processing phenomena. Correlations were found between fish freshness indices, assessed by certain geometric parameters linked to the morphology of the animal, i.e. a macroscopic structure, and the degradation of the product structure. The same foodomics approach was also applied to explore the protective effect of modified atmospheres on the stability of fish fillets, which are typically susceptible to oxidation of the polyunsaturated fatty acids incorporated in the meat matrix. Here, freshness is assessed by evaluating the time-dependent change in the fish metabolome, providing an established freshness index, and its relationship to lipid oxidation. In vitro digestion studies, focusing on food products with different matrixes, alone and in combination with other meal components (e.g. seasoning), were conducted to investigate possible interactions between enzymes and food, modulated by matrix structure, which influence digestibility. The interaction between water and the gelatinous matrix of the food, consisting of a network of protein gels incorporating fat droplets, was also studied by means of nuclear magnetic relaxometry, in order to create a prediction tool for the correct classification of authentic and counterfeit food products protected by a quality label. This is one of the first applications of an NMR method focusing on the supramolecular structure of the matrix, rather than the chemical composition, to assess food authenticity. The effect of innovative processing technologies, such as PEF applied to fruit products, has been assessed by magnetic resonance imaging, exploiting information associated with the rehydration kinetics exerted by a modified food structure.

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Tipologia del documento
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Urbinati, Eleonora
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Dottorato di ricerca
Ciclo
33
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Parole chiave
foofomics approach; magnetic resonance spectroscopy, relaxometry, imaging
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Data di discussione
31 Maggio 2021
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