Publication no. C-2001-0412-05R |  VIEW ARTICLE

Stability of Oat Avenanthramides.

Lena Häll Dimberg (1,2), Kerstin Sunnerheim (3), Birgitta Sundberg (1), and Kevin Walsh (3). (1) Department of Food Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7051, S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden. (2) Corresponding author. Fax: 46 18 672995; E-mail: <Lena.Dimberg@lmv.slu.se> (3) Institute of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 531, S-751 21, Uppsala, Sweden. Cereal Chem. 78(3):278-281. Accepted December 20, 2000. Copyright 2001 American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc.

The three main oat avenanthramides, N-(4(prime)-hydroxy)-(E)-cinnamoyl-5-hydroxyanthranilic acid (Bp), N-(4(prime)-hydroxy-3(prime)-methoxy)-(E)-cinnamoyl-5-hydroxyanthranilic acid (Bf), and N-(3(prime),4(prime)-dihydroxy)-(E)-cinnamoyl-5-hydroxyanthranilic acid (Bc), and their corresponding cinnamic acids, p-coumaric (P), ferulic (F), and caffeic (C), were investigated for stability to pH, temperature, and UV-light treatment. The retention of the avenanthramides after processing of oat-based food products was also analyzed. The avenanthramide Bc and the cinnamic acid C were sensitive to alkali and neutral conditions, especially in combination with heat treatment, whereas the other compounds studied were more stable. The cinnamic acids but not the avenanthramides were isomerized when irradiated with UV-light. The avenanthramides were restored after processing of oat-based products.