Pyrolysis/GC/MS was utilized as an integrated reaction, separation and identification system to study the thermal degradation products of non-volatile Maillard flavor precursors. Model systems of scL-phenylalanine (aromatic amino acid), glycine and scL-alanine (aliphatic amino acids), scL-serine ($ beta$-hydroxy amino acids) and scL-methionine (sulphur containing amino acid) were investigated. Quartz tube pyrolysis of scD-glucose/amino acid or dicarbonyl/amino acid mixtures shortened the analysis time (from hours to minutes) and eliminated the need for extraction since the volatiles generated from the precursors are directly transferred into the GC column. / Phenylalanine Amadori product and different model systems containing phenylalanine and different reducing sugars were studied. Ribbon pyrolysis was used to study the effect of temperature (150, 200, 250$ sp circ$C) on the efficiency of formation of initial pyrolysis products from phenylalanine and Amadori phenylalanine. Quartz tube pyrolysis was used at 250$ sp circ$C to enhance the secondary reactions. These studies revealed the formation of pyridine and naphthalene derivatives such as 3,5-diphenylpyridine, 1(2)-naphthaleneamine, N-methyl-1(2)-aminonaphthalene, 1-aminoanthracene, 2$ sp prime$-phenyl-pyrrolo (4,5-A) dihydronaphthalene, 1(2)-(N-phenethyl)napthaleneamine and 1(2)-(N-phenethyl-N-methyl)naphthaleneamine. / Model studies using scD- ($ sp{13}$C) glucoses and a series of dicarbonyl compounds with labeled ($ sp{15}$N/$ sp{13}$C) glycines and ($ sp{15}$N/$ sp{13}$C) alanines identified a new chemical transformation of $ alpha$-dicarbonyls, that lead to the addition of alkyl groups from the amino acid to the $ alpha$-dicarbonyl compounds, instead of the amino group as in the case of the Strecker type interaction between the two reactants. Thus, glyoxal and pyruvaldehyde can be transformed into pyruvaldehyde and 2,3-butanedione respectively, by glycine and 2-ketobutanal and 2,3-pentanedione respectively, by scL-alanine. The labeled glycine model studies indicated that methyl substituted pyrazines and pyrazinones formed in the model systems, have a common intermediate. Two pathways of pyrazinone formation were distinguished based on the labeling experiments, one involving the reaction of three moles of glycine and the other the interaction of the dipeptide glycylglycine with an $ alpha$-dicarbonyl compound. / A major product of the reaction of scD-glucose with excess glycine was detected by Py/GC/MS analysis and subsequently synthesized and isolated using focused microwave irradiation at atmospheric pressure conditions. Spectroscopic analysis by NMR, FTIR, MS and UV in conjunction with labeling studies have indicated the unknown compound to be 5-hydroxy-1,3-dimethyl-2 (1H) -quinoxalinone. The labeling studies indicated the incorporation of ten carbon atoms (six from sugar, one C-1 atom of glycine, and three C-2 atoms of glycine) and two nitrogens. / scL-Serine was found to be a unique amino acid generating in the absence of sugar a variety of heterocyclic compounds. Under pyrolytic conditions scL-serine can be viewed as a potential mixture of glycine, alanine, serine, formaldehyde and dicarbonyl compounds. / Model studies with scL-methionine provided evidence that methional (Strecker aldehyde) generated under Quartz tube pyrolysis undergoes secondary reactions with amino compounds generating 1,3-thiazines or 3-substituted pyridine in a similar fashion to that of scL-phenylalanine systems where 3-substituted pyridines were also identified. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.42066 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Creators | Keyhani, Anahita. |
| Contributors | Yaylayan, V. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001567281, proquestno: NQ30308, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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