title: Isolation and structure of whiskey polyphenols produced by oxidation of oak wood ellagitannins.
abstract: Three new phenolic compounds named whiskey tannins A and B and carboxyl ellagic acid were isolated from commercial Japanese whiskey, along with gallic acid, ellagic acid, brevifolin carboxylic acid, three galloyl glucoses, a galloyl ester of phenolic glucoside, 2,3-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoylglucose, and castacrenin B. Whiskey tannins A and B were oxidation products of a major oak wood ellagitannin, castalagin, in which the pyrogallol ring at the glucose C-1 position of castalagin was oxidized to a cyclopentenone moiety. These tannins originated from ellagitannins contained in the oak wood used for barrel production; however, the original oak wood ellagitannins were not detected in the whiskey. To examine whether the whiskey tannins were produced during the charring process of barrel production, pyrolysis products of castalagin were investigated. Dehydrocastalagin and a new phenolcarboxylic acid trislactone having an isocoumarin structure were isolated, along with castacrenin F and ellagic acid. However, whiskey tannins were not detected in the products.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-14 Bunkyo-machi, Nagasaki 852-8521, Japan.
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fujieda
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yoshihide
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suwa
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koshimizu
authors.forename: Isao
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kouno
mesh_terms: D000434:Alcoholic Beverages / Q000032:analysis*; D004610:Ellagic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010636:Phenols / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D059808:Polyphenols; D029963:Quercus / Q000737:chemistry*; D013634:Tannins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014934:Wood / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D005419:Flavonoids; D047348:Hydrolyzable Tannins; D010636:Phenols; D059808:Polyphenols; D013634:Tannins; D004610:Ellagic Acid; C084709:vescalagin