Kinetic study on the generation of furosine and pyrraline in a Maillard reaction model system of d-glucose and l-lysine

A kinetic model for Maillard reaction (MR) model system of d-glucose and l-lysine was established; activation energy (Ea) of each step was calculated. Potential generation pathways of furosine and pyrraline were a combination of either 3-deoxyglucosone (3-DG) or methylglyoxal (MG) with l-lysine. Ea value for furosine generated through 3-DG pathway was 81.70 ± 14.01 kJ mol-1, which was significantly higher than that through MG pathway (52.08 ±...