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Inhibitory effects of thiol compounds on theaflavin browning and structural analysis of the causative substances

Food Chemistry, ISSN: 0308-8146, Vol: 384, Page: 132488
2022
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Article Description

Theaflavin, a polyphenol responsible for the bright orange color and various bioactivities of black tea exudates, is susceptible to autoxidation at neutral and mild alkaline pH, changing its color to brown. In the presence of cysteine (Cys), glutathione (GSH), or N -acetyl cysteine (NAC), the browning of theaflavin solution was inhibited concomitantly with time-dependent decreases in the concentrations of both theaflavin and thiol group. The rank order of the decrease was Cys ≅ GSH > NAC, suggesting the relevance of the nucleophilic property of the thiol group to its reaction with theaflavin. LC-MS analysis of the reaction products indicated formation of novel derivatives that were mono- or di-molecular adducts of thiol compounds. We determined the chemical structures of theaflavin-Cys and theaflavin-GSH adducts by NMR and proposed the reaction mechanisms. It was found that the theaflavin-Cys adduct was not a simple adduct, to which a new cyclic structure was added.

Bibliographic Details

Narai-Kanayama, Asako; Chiku, Kazuhiro; Ono, Hiroshi; Momoi, Takamitsu; Hiwatashi-Kanno, Miho; Kobayashi, Akiko; Matsuda, Hiroko; Yoshida, Mitsuru; Nakayama, Tsutomu

Elsevier BV

Chemistry; Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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