13925-09-2Relevant academic research and scientific papers
Impact of the N-terminal amino acid on the formation of pyrazines from peptides in maillard model systems
Van Lancker, Fien,Adams, An,De Kimpe, Norbert
scheme or table, p. 4697 - 4708 (2012/08/27)
Only a minor part of Maillard reaction studies in the literature focused on the reaction between carbohydrates and peptides. Therefore, in continuation of a previous study in which the influence of the peptide C-terminal amino acid was investigated, this study focused on the influence of the peptide N-terminal amino acid on the production of pyrazines in model reactions of glucose, methylglyoxal, or glyoxal. Nine different dipeptides and three tripeptides were selected. It was shown that the structure of the N-terminal amino acid is determinative for the overall pyrazine production. Especially, the production of 2,5(6)-dimethylpyrazine and trimethylpyrazine was low in the case of proline, valine, or leucine at the N-terminus, whereas it was very high for glycine, alanine, or serine. In contrast to the alkyl-substituted pyrazines, unsubstituted pyrazine was always produced more in the case of experiments with free amino acids. It is clear that different mechanisms must be responsible for this observation. This study clearly illustrates the capability of peptides to produce flavor compounds such as pyrazines.
Extraction with SPME and synthesis of 2-methyl-6- vinylpyrazine by a 'One Pot' reaction using microwaves
Robledo, Norma,Escalante, Jaime,Arzuffi, Rene
experimental part, p. 2160 - 2166 (2009/10/10)
A synthesis of 2-methyl-6-vinylpyrazine was carried out by way of a 'one pot' reaction. In order to establish the efficiency of this synthesis the extraction of the volatiles released by male papaya fruit flies was performed by SPME (solid phase micro- extraction). The compound was separated and identified using GC/MSD (gas chromatography/mass spectrometry detector).
