title: Proanthocyanidin composition in the seed coat of lentils (Lens culinaris L.).
abstract: Lentils (Lens culinaris L.) are a popular food in many countries. However, little is known about their phenolic composition. Because polyphenols in lentils are located essentially in their seed coat, the objective of this work was to study the composition of proanthocyanidins, the major group of polyphenols, in this part of the tissue. The use of C(18) Sep-Pak cartridges permitted the fractionation of lentil seed coat extract into monomer, oligomer, and polymer proanthocyanidin fractions. Subsequent thiolysis of oligomer and polymer fractions followed by HPLC analysis allowed the mean degree of polymerization (mDP) and the structural composition of proanthocyanidins to be determined. A fractionation of lentil seed coat extracts on a polyamide column followed by HPLC and HPLC-DAD-MS analyses was used to identify the individual proanthocyanidins. The results showed that the major monomeric flavan-3-ol was (+) catechin-3-glucose, with lesser amounts of (+)-catechin and (-)-epicatechin. In the oligomer fraction, various dimer, trimer, and tetramer proanthocyanidins constituted of catechin, gallocatechin, and catechin gallate units were identified, and several procyanidins and prodelphinidins from pentamers to nonamers constitute the polymer fraction. The most abundant proanthocyanidins in the seed coat of lentils are the polymers (65-75%), with a mDP of 7-9, followed by the oligomers (20-30%), with a mDP of 4-5.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Fermentaciones Industriales, Juan de la Cierva 3, 28006 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dueñas
authors.forename: Baoshan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Teresa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Estrella
authors.forename: M Isabel
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Spranger
mesh_terms: D001547:Benzaldehydes / Q000032:analysis; D002392:Catechin / Q000032:analysis; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D027806:Lens Plant / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000032:analysis; D044945:Proanthocyanidins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry*; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D001547:Benzaldehydes; D011108:Polymers; D044945:Proanthocyanidins; C013221:proanthocyanidin; D002392:Catechin; C100058:vanillin