Directly transferring pepper constituents to triangular papers for pungency determination by paper spray ionization mass spectrometry

RRF Ramalho, LC da Silva, LIL Maciel, I Pereira… - Analytical and …, 2020 - Springer
RRF Ramalho, LC da Silva, LIL Maciel, I Pereira, AR Nascimento, RC Simas, BG Vaz
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 2020Springer
A method named imprint paper spray ionization mass spectrometry (imprint-PSI-MS) has
been developed and employed for the determination of pungency of peppers. A pepper fruit
was cut into a triangular shape, deposited onto a triangular paper, and compressed by a
homemade press tool aiming to imprint and transfer the pepper constituents onto the paper
surface. Subsequently, the triangular paper was submitted to conventional PSI-MS analysis.
Twelve peppers were analyzed, ranging from highly pungent to lowly pungent taste. Pepper …
Abstract
A method named imprint paper spray ionization mass spectrometry (imprint-PSI-MS) has been developed and employed for the determination of pungency of peppers. A pepper fruit was cut into a triangular shape, deposited onto a triangular paper, and compressed by a homemade press tool aiming to imprint and transfer the pepper constituents onto the paper surface. Subsequently, the triangular paper was submitted to conventional PSI-MS analysis. Twelve peppers were analyzed, ranging from highly pungent to lowly pungent taste. Pepper pungency values from the Scoville scale (in Scoville heat units, SHU) were compared with the ion intensities of the capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin compounds obtained from the imprint-PSI-MS analysis, and a correlation coefficient of 0.97 was achieved. In addition, the ion intensities of a sugar compound were monitored in all peppers, and the results were compared with the Scoville scale. Low sugar ion intensities were detected in pungent peppers, while high ion intensities were achieved in low-pungent peppers, suggesting that the pepper pungency may be determined by inversely relating pungency to sugar contents. This work demonstrates the utility of the imprint-PSI-MS method to perform rapid qualitative analyses of peppers and estimate the pungency by monitoring the pepper metabolites.
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