Extraction and characterization of low molecular weight bioactive carbohydrates from mung bean (Vigna radiata).

Due to the great interest in obtaining natural bioactive carbohydrates to be used as functional ingredients, a selective microwave assisted extraction (MAE) method was optimized to ensure the exhaustive extraction of inositols and α-galactooligosaccharides (α-GOS) from mung bean. Thereafter, a comprehensive characterization of these compounds was carried out by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Apart from free inositols and α-GOS, several glycosyl-methyl-scyllo-inositols and glycosyl-inositols were detected for the first time in this legume.

Gas chromatographic-based techniques for the characterization of low molecular weight carbohydrates and phenylalkanoid glycosides of Sedum roseum root supplements.

An extensive characterization of low molecular weight carbohydrates (LMWC) and phenylalkanoid glycosides (PAG) of Sedum roseum root supplements has been carried out for the first time by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled to time-of-flight mass spectrometry (GC × GC-ToF MS). Optimization of the required derivatization procedure for improved determination of PAG showed the combined use of trimethylsilylimidazole and trimethylchlorosilane as the most appropriate reagents. Up to 37 compounds were qualitative- and quantitatively characterized in different dietary supplements of S.

Characterization of cyclitol glycosides by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry.

Several cyclitol glycosides have been characterised as trimethylsilyl derivatives by their gas chromatographic (GC) retention data (linear retention indices) and electron impact mass spectrometric (MS) profiles. Both GC-MS results have been related to cyclitol glycosides structural features. Abundance ratios of characteristic m/z ions 133/129 and 260/265 have been proposed to distinguish glycosyl-inositols from glycosyl-methyl-inositols.

Identification and determination of 3-deoxyglucosone and glucosone in carbohydrate-rich foods.

Background: α-Dicarbonyl compounds (α-DCs) such as 3-deoxyglucosone (3-DG) and glucosone are markers of both Maillard and degradation reactions of sugars and also of certain enzymatic processes. However, quantitation of these compounds is not straightforward when more abundant carbohydrates are present in real samples. Therefore in this work a GC/MS method was developed to separate monosaccharides, 3-DG and glucosone and applied to analyze them in carbohydrate-rich food products.

Statistical analysis for improving data precision in the SPME GC-MS analysis of blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius Schott) volatiles.

Statistical analysis has been used for the first time to evaluate the dispersion of quantitative data in the solid-phase microextraction (SPME) followed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius Schott) volatiles with the aim of improving their precision. Experimental and randomly simulated data were compared using different statistical parameters (correlation coefficients, Principal Component Analysis loadings and eigenvalues). Non-random factors were shown to significantly contribute to total dispersion; groups of volatile compounds could be associated with these factors.