Toxicity, formation, contamination, determination and mitigation of acrylamide in thermally processed plant-based foods and herbal medicines: A review

Thermal processing is one of the important techniques for most of the plant-based food and herb medicines before consumption and application in order to meet the specific requirement. The plant and herbs are rich in amino acids and reducing sugars, and thermal processing may lead to Maillard reactio...

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Published in:Ecotoxicology and environmental safety 2023-07, Vol.260, p.115059-115059, Article 115059
Main Authors: Fan, Min, Xu, Xiaoying, Lang, Wenjun, Wang, Wenjing, Wang, Xinyu, Xin, Angjun, Zhou, Fangmei, Ding, Zhishan, Ye, Xiaoqing, Zhu, Bingqi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Acrylamide
Acrylamide - toxicity
Food
Food Contamination - analysis
Food Handling - methods
Herb medicine
Hot Temperature
Maillard Reaction
Mitigation
Plant Extracts
Thermal processing
Toxicity
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Summary:Thermal processing is one of the important techniques for most of the plant-based food and herb medicines before consumption and application in order to meet the specific requirement. The plant and herbs are rich in amino acids and reducing sugars, and thermal processing may lead to Maillard reaction, resulting as a high risk of acrylamide pollution. Acrylamide, an organic pollutant that can be absorbed by the body through the respiratory tract, digestive tract, skin and mucous membranes, has potential carcinogenicity, neurological, genetic, reproductive and developmental toxicity. Therefore, it is significant to conduct pollution determination and risk assessment for quality assurance and security of medication. This review demonstrates state-of-the-art research of acrylamide focusing on the toxicity, formation, contamination, determination, and mitigation in taking food and herb medicine, to provide reference for scientific processing and ensure the security of consumers. •Thermal processing generates high level of acrylamide in various plant-based food.•Dietary exposure to acrylamide leads to considerable health risk in many countries.•Thermally processed herbal medicines have high acrylamide content and health risk.•Efforts are needed to the development of determination and mitigation technology.
ISSN:0147-6513
1090-2414
DOI:10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115059