Scientia Agricultura Sinica ›› 2019, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (18): 3199-3206.doi: 10.3864/j.issn.0578-1752.2019.18.012

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Analytical Methods of the Organic Sulfur Compounds in Garlic

WENG Rui1,SHENG XiaoJing2,LIU PingXiang1,ZHANG JiGuang2,QIU Jing1,QIAN YongZhong1   

  1. 1. Institute of Quality Standards and Testing Technology for Agro-Products, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agro-food Safety and Quality of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081
    2. Tobacco Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Quality and Risk Assessment for Tobacco and Aromatic plant products (Qingdao) of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Qingdao 266101, Shandong
  • Received:2019-01-17 Accepted:2019-04-09 Online:2019-09-16 Published:2019-09-23

Abstract:

Garlic is a kind of widely planted agricultural product in China, which has plenty of nutritional and healthy functions, such as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and anti-oxidation. These functions are mainly attributed to the organic sulfur compounds, including the flavor precursors, thiosulfinates and thioether volatile compounds. The organic sulfur compounds either have its own biological activities, or multiple compounds work together to produce the same physiological effect. However, considering the poor stability and property diversity of the organic sulfur compounds, the analysis of organic sulfur compounds remains a big challenge. Existing reports are mainly on the determination of several compounds or one group of compounds, and there has been no comprehensive analysis of the organic sulfur compounds in garlic yet. Therefore, in the present review, the analysis methods of the main flavor precursors, thiosulfinates and thioether volatile compounds in garlic were separately discussed and summarized, including the sample pretreatment and detection methods.

Key words: garlic, organic sulfur compounds, analytical methods, nutritional ingredient

Table 1

The organic sulfur compounds of garlic"

类别
Category
名称
Name
CAS号
CAS number
风味前体化合物
Flavor precursor
蒜氨酸 Alliin 556-27-4
甲基蒜氨酸 Methiin 32726-14-0
异蒜氨酸 Isoalliin 23315-20-0
环蒜氨酸 Cycloalliin 455-41-4
S-甲基-L-半胱氨酸 S-Methyl-L-cysteine (SMC) 1187-84-4
S-丙烯基-L-半胱氨酸 S-(trans-1-Propenyl)-L-cysteine (SPC) -
S-烯丙基-L-半胱氨酸 S-Allyl-L-cysteine (SAC) 21593-77-1
γ-L-谷氨酰-S-甲基-L-半胱氨酸 γ-L-Glutamyl-S-methyl-L-cysteine (GSMC) -
γ-L-谷氨酰-S-丙烯基-L-半胱氨酸 γ-L-Glutamyl-S-(trans-1-propenyl)-L-cysteine (GSPC) -
γ-L-谷氨酰-S-烯丙基-L-半胱氨酸 γ-L-Glutamyl-S-allyl-L-cysteine (GSAC) 91216-95-4
γ-谷氨酸-半胱氨酸 γ-Glutamyl cycteine 636-58-8
硫代亚磺酸酯
Thiosulfinate
γ-谷氨酰-S-甲基-L-半胱氨酸亚砜 γ-Glutamyl-S-methyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide -
γ-谷氨酰-S-丙烯基-L-半胱氨酸亚砜 γ-Glutamyl-S-(1-propenyl)-L-cysteine sulfoxide -
γ-谷氨酰-S-烯丙基-L-半胱氨酸亚砜 γ-Glutamyl-S-allyl-L-cysteine sulfoxide -
甲基烯丙基硫代亚磺酸酯 Methyl allyl thiosulfinate -
甲基丙烯基硫代亚磺酸酯 Methyl propenyl thiosulfinate -
丙烯基甲基硫代亚磺酸酯 Propenyl methyl thiosulfinate -
丙烯基烯丙基硫代亚磺酸酯 Propenyl allyl thiosulfinate -
烯丙基甲基硫代亚磺酸酯 Allyl methyl thiosulfinate -
烯丙基丙烯基硫代亚磺酸酯 Allyl propenyl thiosulfinate -
二甲基硫代亚磺酸酯 Dimethyl thiosulfinate 13882-12-7
二丙烯基硫代亚磺酸酯 Dipropenyl thiosulfinate -
二烯丙基硫代亚磺酸酯(大蒜素) Diallyl thiosulfinate (Allicin) 539-86-6
硫醚类挥发性有机硫化合物
Thioether volatile compound
烯丙基甲基一硫化物 Allyl methvl sulfide (AMS) 10152-76-8
烯丙基甲基二硫化物 Allyl methyl disulfide (AMD) 2179-58-0
烯丙基甲基三硫化物 Allyl methyl trisulfide (MATS) 34135-85-8
烯丙基甲基四硫化物 Allyl methyl tetrasulfide (MATTS) -
二烯丙基一硫化物 Diallyl sulfide (DAS) 592-88-1
二烯丙基二硫化物 Diallyl disulfide (DADS) 2179-57-9
二烯丙基三硫化物(大蒜新素) Diallyl trisulfide (DATS) 2050-87-5
二烯丙基四硫化物 Diallyl tetrasulfide (DATTS) 2444-49-7
二甲基一硫化物 Methyl sulfide (DMS) 75-18-3
二甲基二硫化物 Dimethyl disulfide (DMDS) 624-92-0
二甲基三硫化物 Dimethyl trisulfide (DMTS) 3658-80-8
二丙基二硫化物 Propyl disulfide (DPDS) 629-19-6
甲基丙基二硫化物 Methyl propyl disulfide (PMDS) 2179-60-4
二苯基二硫化物 Diphenyl disulphide 882-33-7
E-阿霍烯 E-Ajoene 92285-01-3
Z-阿霍烯 Z-Ajoene 92285-00-2
2-乙烯基-4H-l,3-二噻烯 2-Vinyl-4H-1,3-dithiin 80028-57-5
3-乙烯基-4H-1,2-二噻烯 3-Vinyl-4H-1,2-dithiin 62488-53-3

Fig. 1

The biosynthetic pathways of organic sulfur compounds in garlic"

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