Journal
JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
Volume 95, Issue 15, Pages 3183-3194Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.7058
Keywords
yeast extract; kokumi; peptide; LC-Q-TOF-MS; MS; sensomics approach
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BACKGROUNDYeast extract can impart thickness, complexity and long-lasting taste impression, coined kokumi taste, to blank chicken broth. In this research, the kokumi-active peptide in yeast extract was discovered by ultrafiltration, liquid chromatographic and quadrupole-time-of-flight-tandem mass spectrometric technologies. Furthermore, the sensory characters of these peptides were evaluated by a sensomics approach. RESULTSA total of 10 kokumi peptides were identified from yeast extract. They were -Glu-Cys-Gly, -Glu-Leu, -Glu-Val, -Glu-Tyr, Leu-Lys, Leu-Gln, Leu-Ala, Leu-Glu, Leu-Thr and Ala-Leu. Apart from the well-known kokumi-active glutathione and -glutamyl dipeptides, five leucyl dipeptides were first proposed having kokumi activity. Among them, Ala-Leu was found to have the highest kokumi threshold concentration (1.5mmolL(-1)) in the blank chicken broth, while Leu-Glu was the lowest (0.3mmolL(-1)). A subsequent dose-response experiment indicated that the bitter-tasting leucyl dipeptides could impart kokumi taste to chicken broth at low concentrations (less than bitter threshold concentrations). Interestingly, the kokumi sensation began to decrease when such peptides exceeded the threshold concentration by approximately 16-fold in the blank chicken broth. CONCLUSIONKey kokumi-active fractions were purified from yeast extract. Among them, ten important kokumi peptides from yeast extract were identified. (c) 2014 Society of Chemical Industry
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