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Radical-Assisted Melanoidin Formation during Thermal Processing of Foods as well as under Physiological Conditions

Hofmann, Thomas, Bors, Wolf, Stettmaier, Kurt·1999·Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

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Color-generating reactions of protein-bound lysine with carbohydrates were studied under thermal as well as under physiological conditions to gain insights into the role of protein/carbohydrate reactions in the formation of food melanoidins as well as nonenzymatic browning products in vivo. EPR spectroscopy of orange-brown melanoidins, which were isolated from heated aqueous solutions of bovine serum albumin and glycolaldehyde, revealed the protein-bound 1,4-bis(5-amino-5-carboxy-1-pentyl)pyrazinium radical cation (CROSSPY) as a previously unknown type of cross-linking amino acid leading to protein dimerization. To verify their formation in foods, wheat bread crust and roasted cocoa as well as coffee beans, showing elevated nonenzymatic browning, were investigated by EPR spectroscopy. An intense radical was detected, which, by comparison with the radical formed upon reaction bovine serum albumin with glycolaldehyde, was identified as the protein-bound CROSSPY. The radical-assisted protein oligomerization as well as the browning of bovine serum albumin in the presence of glycolaldehyde occurred also rapidly under physiological conditions, thereby suggesting CROSSPY formation to be probably involved also in nonenzymatic glycation reactions in vivo.

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  • Melanoidin compounds are known to have antiradical properties and account for upwards of 25% of coffee's dry matter.

    “Melanoidin compounds are known to have antiradical properties and account for upwards of 25% of coffee’s dry matter54,55, however, they have not been characterized in cold brew coffees.”

    From Acidity and Antioxidant Activity of Cold Brew Coffee (2018) · cites this paper as [55]

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Authors
Hofmann, T., Bors, W., & Stettmaier, K.
Affiliations
Helmholtz Munich (DE)
Corresponding author
Hofmann, Thomas
Venue
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Published
1999-01-22
Volume
47
Issue
2
Pages
391-396
ISSN
  • 0021-8561 (ISSN-L)
  • 1520-5118
OpenAlex
W1971622981
Cited by
87
References
11
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 4 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 8
FWCI
2.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Potato Plant Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Biophysics › Electron Spin Resonance Studies
Keywords
melanoidins, non-enzymatic browning, lysine, radical cations, bovine serum albumin, glycolaldehyde, protein dimerization, protein oligomerization, glycation, coffee beans, food coloration
MeSH terms
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Color, Cooking, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy, Food Analysis, Food Handling, Free Radicals, Polymers, Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet, Mass Spectrometry, Sulfites

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