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Shiori Nakagawa1, Zetryana Puteri Tachrim2, Natsumi Kurokawa3
1Division of Applied Bioscience, Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University; Kita 9, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-8589, Japan. sh.naka-0408@frontier.hokudai.ac.jp.
Abstract:
CycloDOPA (leukodopachrome), a well known metabolite of tyrosine, is a precursor of melanine in mammalian organisms and of the pigment betalain in plants. However, the isolation of cycloDOPA from natural sources has not been widely reported. In the present work, the stabilities of cycloDOPA and cycloDOPA methyl ester at various pH levels were studied. Both compounds were stable under acidic conditions. By contrast, both compounds were unstable when the pH was shifted from neutral to basic to form indole derivatives as major products. Based on the pH stability, cycloDOPA and its derivatives were subjected to the DPPH radical scavenging assay for the first time.
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