NMR experiments of oleuropein biomimetic hydrolysis

J Agric Food Chem. 1999 Sep;47(9):3665-8. doi: 10.1021/jf981241h.

Abstract

The oleuropein hydrolytic conversion, under biomimetic conditions, induced by the endogenous enzymatic system of the olive fruit, has been monitored by the intermediate derivative formation through (1)H and (13)C NMR spectra; the assigned molecular structures reveal the identity of new bioactive biophenolic metabolites, the hemiacetal aglycon, and the two epimeric dialdehydes, which influence the pathogen antagonism of olive fruits and the hedonistic-sensorial characteristics of olive oil.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Hydrogen
  • Hydrolysis
  • Iridoid Glucosides
  • Iridoids
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy / methods
  • Molecular Structure
  • Phenols / chemistry
  • Pyrans / chemistry*
  • Pyrans / metabolism*
  • Vegetables / enzymology

Substances

  • Carbon Isotopes
  • Iridoid Glucosides
  • Iridoids
  • Phenols
  • Pyrans
  • oleuropein
  • Hydrogen