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Croatian journal of food science and technology, Vol. 13 No. 2, 2021.

Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.17508/CJFST.2021.13.2.04

Comparison of gastrointestinal stability of isothiocyanates from Tropaeolum Majus L. Altum using in vitro and ex vivo digestion methods

Ivana Vrca orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-9762-4757 ; University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21 000 Split, Croatia
Franko Burčul orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-6932-6098 ; University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21 000 Split, Croatia
Ivica Blažević orcid id orcid.org/0000-0002-0715-3216 ; University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21 000 Split, Croatia
Andre Bratanić ; Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospital Split, Spinčićeva 1, 21000 Split, Croatia
Tea Bilušić ; University of Split, Faculty of Chemistry and Technology, Ruđera Boškovića 35, 21 000 Split, Croatia

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Abstract

Tropaeolum majus L. is an annual herbaceous plant and a member of the Tropaeolaceae family, which belongs to the Brassicales order. It is an excellent source of flavonoids, carotenoids, phenolic acids, vitamin C, and it is a plant that contains the glucosinolate glucotropaeolin. The major degradation product of glucotropaeolin is benzyl isothiocyanate which is known for its various biological activities. In this study, an essential oil was isolated from the seeds of the Tropaeolum majus L. altum plant by microwave-assisted distillation and analysed using the GC-MS technique. Two compounds were identified, benzyl isothiocyanate as the major one (97.81%), and 2-phenylacetonitrile as a minor one (0.80%).
Tropaeolum majus L. altum essential oil and pure benzyl isothiocyanate were then submitted to the two-phase in vitro and ex vivo digestion simulations. The analysis performed by the GC-MS/MS technique showed greater stability of benzyl isothiocyanate from essential oil after in vitro (97.57%), and ex vivo (73.47%) gastric phases of the simulated digestion methods, compared to its stability after in vitro (71.17%) and ex vivo (54.90%) intestinal phases. A similar trend was shown for pure benzyl isothiocyanate.

Keywords

Tropaeolum majus L.; benzyl isothiocyanate; gastrointestinal stability; in vitro digestion method; ex vivo digestion method

Hrčak ID:

269560

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/269560

Publication date:

15.12.2021.

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