“…During thermal processing, changes such as a loss of antioxidant enzyme activity, disruption of cell membranes, which bring polyunsaturated fatty acids into contact with pro-oxidants, and thermal decomposition of hydroperoxides to pro-oxidant species are responsible for the increase in cholesterol oxidation rate (Hur et al, 2007). Many authors have investigated the instability of the cholesterol molecule during thermal processing (Ansorena et al, 2013;Barriuso et al, 2016;Derewiaka, & Molińska, 2015;Ferreira et al, 2017;Freitas, Amaral, Coutrim, Afonso, & Junqueira, 2015;Leal-Castañeda, Hernández-Becerra, Rodríguez-Estrada, & García, 2017;Saldanha, Benassi, & Bragagnolo, 2008;Tarvainen, Quirin, Kallio, & Yang, 2016;Xu et al, 2016).…”