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Schlag S, Schäfer S, Sommer K, Vetter W. A sterol database: GC/MS data and occurrence of 150 sterols in seventy-four oils. Food Chem 2024; 460:140778. [PMID: 39142207 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2024.140778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2024] [Revised: 08/01/2024] [Accepted: 08/04/2024] [Indexed: 08/16/2024]
Abstract
Comprehensive data on the occurrence of sterols in plant oils is currently hardly available since only a few sterols are obtainable as standard compounds. Accordingly, many peaks are rarely labeled in gas chromatograms due to missing or outdated information. This lack of information hampers the progress in sterol research. For this reason, gas chromatography with mass spectrometry in selected ion monitoring mode (GC/MS-SIM) was used to create a database that summarizes the occurrence and semi-quantitative levels of 150 sterols with 27-32 carbon atoms and 0-4 double bonds in 66 different vegetable oils and eight other matrices. The highest number of sterols was detected in rice bran and tamanu oil (40 sterols), eggplant (39 sterols), moringa, chili seed, and amaranth oil (37 sterols). Several sterols were detected in >60 of the 74 matrices. This detailed information in the database will serve users working in food authentication and the biosynthesis of sterols.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sarah Schlag
- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), Garbenstraße 28, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), Garbenstraße 28, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), Garbenstraße 28, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), Garbenstraße 28, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
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Schlumpberger P, Steinhaus M. Identification of Bis(methylsulfanyl)methane and Furan-2(5 H)-one as Volatile Marker Compounds for the Differentiation of the White Truffle Species Tuber magnatum and Tuber borchii. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:10023-10030. [PMID: 38630649 PMCID: PMC11066859 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2024] [Revised: 03/28/2024] [Accepted: 04/02/2024] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
Abstract
Some truffles are expensive and, therefore, are prone to food fraud. A particular problem is the differentiation of high-priced Tuber magnatum truffles from cheaper Tuber borchii truffles, both of which are white truffles with similar morphological characteristics. Using an untargeted approach, the volatiles isolated from samples of both species were screened for potential marker compounds by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC-TOFMS) and statistical analysis of the obtained semiquantitative data. Results suggested bis(methylsulfanyl)methane and furan-2(5H)-one as compounds characterizing T. magnatum and T. borchii, respectively. Exact quantitation of both volatiles by conventional one-dimensional gas chromatography-mass spectrometry in combination with stable isotopologues of the target compounds as internal standards confirmed both as marker compounds. The method is suitable to be used in the routine analysis for the objective species differentiation of T. magnatum and T. borchii.
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- Philipp Schlumpberger
- TUM
School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Leibniz
Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of
Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM), Lise-Meitner-Straße 34, 85354 Freising, Germany
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- TUM
School of Natural Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Munich, Lichtenbergstraße 4, 85748 Garching, Germany
- Leibniz
Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of
Munich (Leibniz-LSB@TUM), Lise-Meitner-Straße 34, 85354 Freising, Germany
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Li Y, Xing YM, Murat C, Kohler A, Zhou DY, Yu FQ, Chen J. Transcriptome and metabolome analysis reveals stage-specific metabolite accumulation during maturity of Chinese black truffle Tuber indicum. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY : PPB 2023; 205:108158. [PMID: 37948976 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.108158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2023] [Revised: 10/12/2023] [Accepted: 10/31/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Tuber indicum is the most economically important member of Tuber, with the highest production and widest distribution in China. However, the overexploitation of immature ascocarps not only has driven wild resources of the species toward extinction, but also has caused enconomic losses and a decline in the reputation of T.indicum quality. In this study, stage-specific metabolites of T. indicum in relation to nutritional quality and the mechanism of their accumulations were explored by transcriptome and metabolome analysis at five harvest times, representing four maturation stages. A total of 663 compounds were identified in T. indicum ascocarps by a widely targeted metabolomic approach. Lipid compounds are the most prominent metabolites (18%) in our samples and also are higher accumulation at the immature stage than at mature stage, representing 30.16% differential accumulated metabolites in this stage. Levels of some of the amino acids, such as S-(methyl) glutathione, S-adenosylmethionine, which are known truffle aroma precursors, were increased at the mature stage. The gene expression level related to the biosynthesis of volatile organic compounds were verified by qPCR. This study contributes to the preliminary understanding of metabolites variations in T. indicum ascocarps during maturity for quality evaluation and truffle biology.
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- Yang Li
- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRAE Grand Est - Nancy, Champenoux, France.
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- Université de Lorraine, INRAE, UMR Interactions Arbres/Microorganismes, INRAE Grand Est - Nancy, Champenoux, France.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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- Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Kunming, Kunming Institute Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Yunnan, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substances and Resource Utilization of Chinese Herbal Medicine, Ministry of Education, Institute of Medicinal Plant Development, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
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Schlag S, Bräckle Y, Jelečević M, Vetter W. Gas chromatography with mass spectrometry analysis of 4,4-dimethylsterols and 4-methylsterols in edible oils after their enrichment by means of solid phase extraction. J Chromatogr A 2023; 1705:464166. [PMID: 37356364 DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2023.464166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2023] [Revised: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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4-Methylsterols (4-M-sterols) and 4,4-dimethylsterols (4,4-D-sterols) are a group of underexplored minor sterols that occur in almost all living organisms. Here, we developed a strategy for the determination of the biochemical precursors of the predominant 4-desmethylsterols in edible oils. Due to their low contribution to the sterol content in the samples, a solid phase extraction (SPE) method was developed for the enrichment of 4-M- and 4,4-D-sterols in the hexane extracts of saponified oils. In a two-fold SPE procedure, the bulk of 4,4-D-sterols was collected in one fraction. The residual sample was subjected to a second SPE step which targeted all 4-M-sterols and low shares of 4,4-D-sterols in one fraction and the predominant 4-desmethylsterols in another one. After silylation of the SPE fractions, gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC/MS) was used to analyze 4,4-D- and 4-M-sterols. The results were used to define eight subgroups whose characteristic structural features could be linked with the presence of specific m/z values. These m/z values were measured sensitively by GC/MS operated in selected ion monitoring (SIM) mode. Application of the GC/MS method to eighteen edible oils enabled the detection of 55 mostly very low abundant 4-M- and 4,4-D-sterols. Twenty-four of the 4-M- and 4,4-D-sterols could be assigned and the remaining 31 unknown sterols could be traced back to their basic structures.
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- Sarah Schlag
- Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 28, Stuttgart D-70599, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 28, Stuttgart D-70599, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 28, Stuttgart D-70599, Germany
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- Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), University of Hohenheim, Garbenstraße 28, Stuttgart D-70599, Germany.
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Schlag S, Götz S, Rüttler F, Schmöckel SM, Vetter W. Quantitation of 20 Phytosterols in 34 Different Accessions of Quinoa ( Chenopodium quinoa). JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:9856-9864. [PMID: 35926102 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c03374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Phytosterols were analyzed in 34 different quinoa accessions, which were obtained from the same field trial. Twenty different sterols were detected, and 17 could be structurally assigned by means of gas chromatography with mass spectrometry. Sterols were quantitated in selected ion monitoring mode (GC/MS-SIM) with the novel internal standard 3-O-tert-butyldimethylsilyl-cholestanol (cholestanyl-TBDMS). GC/MS-SIM response factors of minor sterols were determined after enrichment by countercurrent chromatography. The total sterol contents varied from 120 to 180 mg/100 g of seeds, which is higher than has been described in quinoa before. This was due to the fact that Δ7-sterols (e.g., Δ7-sitosterol, spinasterol, and Δ7-avenasterol) were quantitated for the first time in quinoa and contributed ∼64% to the total sterol content. Clustering allowed distributing of the 34 different quinoa accessions into four distinct groups on the basis of the different sterol patterns.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sarah Schlag
- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), Garbenstraße 28, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), Garbenstraße 28, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), Garbenstraße 28, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Crop Science, Department Physiology of Yield Stability (340k), Fruwirthstraße 21, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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- University of Hohenheim, Institute of Food Chemistry (170b), Garbenstraße 28, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
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Creydt M, Fischer M. Food Authentication: Truffle Species Classification by non-targeted Lipidomics Analyzes using Mass Spectrometry assisted by Ion Mobility Separation. Mol Omics 2022; 18:616-626. [DOI: 10.1039/d2mo00088a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Truffles are appreciated as food all over the world because of their extraordinary aroma. However, quantities are limited and successful cultivation in plantations is very labor-intensive and expensive, or even...
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