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Identification of alkaline-induced thiolyl-chlorogenic acid conjugates with cysteine and glutathione
Charles T Drucker1, Amanda R Cicali2, Andrew M P Roberts2
1Food Science Program, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, University Drive, Orange, CA 92866, USA.
Abstract:
Alkaline reactions of chlorogenic acid (CGA) yield undesirable development of brown or green pigments, limiting the utilization of alkalized CGA-rich foods. Thiols such as cysteine and glutathione mitigate pigment formation through several mechanisms, including redox coupling to reduce CGA quinones, and thiol conjugation, which forms colorless thiolyl-CGA compounds that do not readily participate in color-generating reactions. This work provided evidence of the formation of both aromatic and benzylic thiolyl-CGA conjugate species formed with cysteine and glutathione under alkaline conditions in addition to hydroxylated conjugate species hypothesized to arise from reactions with hydroxyl radicals. Formation of these conjugates proceeds more quickly than CGA dimerization and amine addition reactions mitigating pigment development. Differentiation between aromatic and benzylic conjugates is enabled by characteristic fragmentation of CS bonds. Acyl migration and hydrolysis of the quinic acid moiety of thiolyl-CGA conjugates yielded a variety of isomeric species also identified through untargeted LC-MS methods.
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