Hypersensitive quantification of major astringency markers in food and wine by substoichiometric quenching of silicon-rhodamine conjugates

Autor: Daniel Bátora, Ágnes Dienes-Nagy, Liming Zeng, Christian E. Gerber, Jérôme P. Fischer, Martin Lochner, Jürg Gertsch
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Food Chemistry: X, Vol 23, Iss , Pp 101592- (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2590-1575
DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2024.101592
Popis: Tannins are chemically diverse polyphenols in plant-derived products that not only show diverse biological activities but also play a crucial role in determining the sensory attributes of food and beverages. Therefore, their accurate and cost-effective quantification is essential.Here, we identified a novel fluorescence quenching mechanism of different synthetic rhodamine fluorophores, with a high selectivity towards tannic acid (TA) and catechin-3-gallate (C3G) compared to a structurally diverse panel of tannins and polyphenols. Specific chemical conjugates of silicon-rhodamine with alkyl linkers attached to bulky apolar moieties had a limit of detection near 500 pM and a linear range spanning 5–100 nM for TA. We validated the assay on 18 distinct red wine samples, which showed high linearity (R2 = 0.92) with methylcellulose precipitation with no interference from anthocyanins. In conclusion, a novel assay was developed and validated that allows the sensitive and selective quantification of major astringency markers abundant in food and beverages.
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