A new cyanine from oxidative coupling of chlorogenic acid with tryptophan: Assessment of the potential as red dye for food coloring

Autor: Marina DellaGreca, Alessandra Napolitano, Federica Moccia, María Ángeles Martín, Stefania Marzorati, Lucia Panzella, Luis Goya, Sonia Ramos
Přispěvatelé: Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), European Commission, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Moccia, F., Martín, M. Á., Ramos, S., Goya, L., Marzorati, S., Dellagreca, M., Panzella, L., Napolitano, A.
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Popis: A red pigment was prepared by reaction of chlorogenic acid (CGA) with tryptophan (TRP) in air at pH 9 (37% w/w yield) and evaluated as food dye. The main component of pigment was formulated as an unusual benzochromeno[2,3-b]indole linked to a TRP unit, featuring a cyanine type chromophore (λmax 542, 546 nm, 1% extinction coefficient of the sodium salt = 244 ± 2). The chromophore showed a minimal pH dependence and proved stable for at least 3 h at 90 °C, both at pH 3.6 or 7.0, whereas red wine anthocyanins showed a substantial (30%) and betanin a complete abatement after 1 h at the acidic pHs. An intense coloring of different food matrices was obtained with the pigment at 0.01 % w/w. No toxicity was observed up to 0.2 mg/mL on hepatic and colonic cell lines. These data make this dye a promising alternative for red coloring of food.
This work was supported by the grant AGL2015-67087-R (MINECO/FEDER, UE) from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (MINECO). The authors also thank the European Union (FSE, PON Ricerca e Innovazione 2014-2020, Azione I.1 “Dottorati Innovativi con caratterizzazione Industriale”) for funding a PhD grant to Federica Moccia. Authors thank Dr Ermelinda Falletta (Department of Chemistry, Univeristy of Milan) for UPLC-MS equipment support.
Databáze: OpenAIRE