Formation of pigment precursor (+)-1″-methylene-6″-hydroxy2H- furan-5″-one-catechin isomers from (+)-catechin and a degradation product of ascorbic acid in a model wine system

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/jf902198e

The present study investigates the contribution of ascorbic acid to the formation of pigment precursors in model white wine systems containing (+)-catechin as the oxidizable phenolic substrate. The two main colorless products in these systems were structu