Potentially Harmful Maillard Reaction Products in Food and Herb Medicines

Figure 2

The outlines of the MPRs formation. Schiff bases are produced during reducing glucose-protein reaction. Reactive dicarbonyl precursors of ages are formed through the degradation of Schiff base intermediates (Namiki pathway) or through metal-catalyzed autoxidation of the reducing sugar (Wolff pathway) [10].