Discovery of <i>N</i><sup>2</sup>-(1-Carboxyethyl)guanosine 5′-Monophosphate as an Umami-Enhancing Maillard-Modified Nucleotide in Yeast Extracts
作者:Daniel Festring、Thomas Hofmann
DOI:10.1021/jf102899j
日期:2010.10.13
Sensory-guided fractionation of a commercial yeast extract involving medium-pressure RP-18 chromatography and ion-pair chromatography, followed by LC-MS/MS, LC-TOF-MS, 1D/2D-NMR, and CD spectroscopy, led to the discovery of the previously not reported umami-enhancing nucleotide diastereomers (R)- and (S)-N-2-(1-carboxyethyl)guanosine 5'-monophosphate. Model experiments confirmed the formation of these diastereomers by a Maillard-type glycation of guanosine 5'-monophosphate with dihydroxyacetone and glyceraldehyde, respectively. Sensory studies revealed umami recognition threshold concentrations of 0.19 and 0.85 mmol/L for the (S)- and (R)-configured diastereomers, respectively, and demonstrated the taste-enhancing activity of these nucleotides on monosodium L-glutamate solutions.