Abstract
Polyphenolic compounds, such as caffeic acid, offer many health benefits, but their industrial applications are limited because of their low solubility in water and instability under UV light or heat. In this study, we enzymatically produced caffeic acid glucosides, in both aqueous buffer and aqueous-supercritical carbon dioxide (SC-CO2) media, using a recombinant sucrose phosphorylase (SPase) from Bifidobacterium longum. By using LC/MS/MS analysis, we verified that the enzymatic reaction products were caffeic acid monoglucosides and diglucosides. Under SC-CO2, the amounts of the reaction products from the enzyme reaction were smaller than those in the aqueous reaction medium. However, this is the first report of the transglucosylation of caffeic acid by SPase, and also the first enzymatic reaction with phenolic compounds conducted in a SC-CO2 phase.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1028-1033 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Food Chemistry |
Volume | 115 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 Aug 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by a Grant (20080401-034-049) from BioGreen 21 Program, Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.
Keywords
- Bifidobacterium longum
- Caffeic acid
- Caffeic acid glucoside
- LC/MS/MS
- Sucrose phosphorylase
- Supercritical carbon dioxide
- Transglucosylation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Analytical Chemistry
- Food Science