Comparison of three methods for the determination of sinapic acid ester content in enzymatically treated canola meals |
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Authors: | K Lacki Z Duvnjak |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Ottawa, K1N 6N5 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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Abstract: | The enzymatic reduction of sinapic acid ester content in canola meal using polyphenol oxidase from the fungusT. versicolor was investigated. To determine the effectiveness of this new process, the results obtained using two spectrophotometric methods and an HPLC analytical method for assaying sinapic acid ester content in the treated and untreated meals were compared. It was found that all the methods gave practically the same results when the samples from untreated canola meals were analysed. However, both of the spectrophotometric methods overestimated the sinapic acid ester content in the enzymatically treated meal by 7%–20%, as compared to the results obtained using HPLC. It was found that the sensitivity limits for the spectrophotometric methods used for the determination of sinapic acid ester content in enzymatically treated canola meals were 2.67 g and 1.47 g phenolics/kg meal for the direct and chemical spectrophotometric methods respectively. A correlation between the results obtained using the spectrophotometric and HPLC methods is given. The enzymatic treatment resulted in a negligible amount of phenolics in the treated meal. |
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