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The Bitter Chemodiversity of Hops (Humulus lupulus L.) Michael Dresel, Christian Vogt, Andreas Dunkel, and Thomas Hofmann J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b03933 • Publication Date (Web): 03 Oct 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on October 9, 2016

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The Bitter Chemodiversity of Hops (Humulus

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lupulus L.)

3 Michael Dresel, Christian Vogt, Andreas Dunkel, and Thomas Hofmann*

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Chair of Food Chemistry and Molecular Sensory Science, Technische Universität

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München, Lise-Meitner-Str. 34, D-84354 Freising, Germany

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PHONE

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Abstract

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To map the chemodiversity of key bitter compounds in hops, a total of 75 different

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samples collected from the global hop market were analyzed for 117 key bitter

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tastants by means of a multiparametric HPLC-MS/MSMRM method. Among the

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compounds detected, 2′′,3′′-epoxyxanthohumol was detected for the first time in hops

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and isoxanthohumol M was identified as a marker compound for varieties grown in

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Germany. Hop ageing experiments in the absence and presence of air oxygen,

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respectively, were conducted to address the stability of hop-derived compounds

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during long-term storage.

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Keywords:

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Bitter taste, xanthohumol, prenylated flavanoids, hops, iso-α-acids, β-acids,

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humulones, sensometabolites, Humulus lupulus L.

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INTRODUCTION

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For many centuries, hops (Humulus lupulus L.) has been used as an essential

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ingredient in the brewing process to impart the alluring aroma and typical bitter taste

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of the final beverage. Recently, craftbrewers are seeking new hop varieties to

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produce beers with unique flavors, which led to the breeding of so-called flavor hop

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varieties that form a new category besides the established categories bitter and

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aroma hops.1 However, the hop industry faces a huge overproduction during the last

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5 years which adds to over 10.000 tons α-acids and equals the amount of α-acids

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needed for 1 year.1 Successful breeding of varieties suitable for storage with an

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excellent flavor profile might prevent a massive financial impairment and overcome

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supply shortenings in times when more hops is needed than produced. A new

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approach toward felicitous breeding is the understanding of the molecular

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mechanisms during storage and the identification of crucial precursors on a

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molecular level.

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Among the key taste compounds identified in the hop hard (1 - 40a/b, Figure 1)

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and soft resin (41 - 65, Figure 2), the bitter compounds in hops are divided into two

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groups

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xanthohumol (1, Figure 1), as well as α-acids and β-acids.2,3 The α-acids and the β-

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acids can be further divided regarding their alkanoyl side chain into the most

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abundant co-, n- and ad-humulones and -lupulones (41, 42, Figure 2), respectively.

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During the wort boiling process, α-acids are well-known to be converted into the

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corresponding cis- and trans-iso-α-acids (43, 44, Figure 2), respectively,4 which have

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been identified as the main contributors to the bitter taste of beer.5,6

of

prenylated

polyketides,

namely,

prenylated

chalcones

such

as

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Within the past decades, various studies focused on volatile aroma

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components in hops and beers,7-13 the transformation of hop α-acids and β-acids, as

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well as their isomerization and degradation upon wort boiling.4,14-17 Besides the beer

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brewing process, aging of beer has been found to induce additional molecular

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transformations of the hop-derived bitter molecules. Some of these reactions were

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found to be oxygen dependent such as the formation of hydroperoxy-trans/cis-

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alloisohumulones (51, 52, Figure 2) and hydroxy-trans/cis-alloisohumulones (48, 49,

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Figure 2),18 as well as the formation of the humulinones (45, Figure 2)19 and

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hulupones (58, Figure 2).20 Upon cleavage of the variable alkanoyl side chain, the

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various hulupone congeners are further truncated to give hulupinic acid (59, Figure

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2).21 Additionally, incubation experiments with hops revealed a series of oxidation

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products,

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oxycolupulones.24 Recently, the formation of tri- and tetracyclic degradation products

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in beer (Figure 2)15-17 indicated the stability of hop-derived compounds om beer to be

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dependent on the pH-value.

namely

lupoxes,

lupdoxes,

lupdeps,

lupdols21-23

and

tricyclo-

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Besides α- and β-acid transformation, also xanthohumol (1) and related

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flavonoids25 have been reported to undergo an isomerization during the kettle boiling

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process, thus giving rise to the so-called isoxanthohumol derivatives.3 Just recently,

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the bittering potential of the hop’s hard resin could be assigned to more than 40

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compounds of beer26, amongst which 26 prenylated flavonoids and 10 other

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polyphenols. Moreover, these compounds were shown to cause a pleasant bitter

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sensation26. A similar observation has been reported by Stettner et al.27 and Biendl,28

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showing that beers produced with a xanthohumol enriched extract exhibit a more fine

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and pleasant bitterness than a traditionally produced beer.

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Besides their contribution to aroma and taste, some of these hop ingredients

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are known to enhance foam stability and, due to their antimicrobial activity,

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increase the shelf-life of the final beer.29 Moreover, several hop compounds and, in

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particular, the prenylated flavonoids xanthohumol (1) and 8-prenylnaringenin (4) have

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been demonstrated to exhibit various pharmacological activities such as, e.g. anti-

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inflammatory, estrogenic, cancer chemopreventive, and anti-angiogenic properties,

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and were reported to help counteracting obesity and diabetes type-2.30-36,42-44

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In today’s brewing processes, various hop products are used to deliver one or

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the other funactionality, e.g. hop cones, pellets, α- and β-acid rich carbondioxide and

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ethanolic hop extracts, and special purpose materials like xanthohumol extracts or a

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recently developed ε-extract, which is enriched in prenylated flavonoids without

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containing large amounts of xanthohumol (1) and isoxanthohumol (2).26,

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Depending on the hop product used, the combinatorial interplay of such hop derived

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compounds has been recently reported to influence the taste perception and

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modulate the pharmacological properties of the final product.46-48

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Better understanding such potential interactions and foreseeing adverse

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effects

on

flavor

perception

requires

to

blueprint

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sensometabolites49,50 in hop varieties that reflect the taste phenotype of the

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products.50,51 Up to now, the knowledge on the composition of key taste compounds

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in hops and hop products is rather fragmentary, e.g. previous studies have just been

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focused on individual compound classes like flavonoids52 and quercetin as well as

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kaempferol glycosides.53 Profiling of 13 European hop varieties by means of LC-MS,

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FTICR-MS and NMR revealed chemical differences to be mainly due to bitter

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compounds.54

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The objective of the present study was therefore to quantitatively blueprint and

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classify the key bitter sensometabolites in 75 hop varieties and to quantitatively

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monitor their changes in the German hop varieties Hersbrucker spaet and Taurus

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under anaerobic as well as aerobic conditions.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Chemicals. Formic acid, hydrogen peroxide (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany);

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acetonitrile, methanol (Sigma Aldrich, Steinheim, Germany); DMSO-d6 (Euriso-Top,

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Saarbrücken,

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chromatography and LC-MS, respectively (J.T. Baker). Hop pellets (type 90) were

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obtained from BierKulturHaus (Obertrum, Austria), Die Internationale Brau-

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Manufakturen GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), de 'proef' brouwerij (Lochristi,

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Belgium), Hallertauer Hopfenveredelungsgesellschaft mbH (Mainburg, Germany),

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HVG Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft e.G. (Wolnzach, Germany), Joh. Barth &

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Sohn GmbH & Co. KG (Nuremberg, Germany), Simon H. Steiner, Hopfen, GmbH

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(Mainburg, Germany), SimplyHops (Kent, United Kingdom), and Yakima Chief

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(Louvain-La-Neuve,

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(http://www.craftbrewer.com.au/, Queensland, Australia). Pellets were vacuum-

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packed and stored at 4°C until analysis. Unhopped beer was obtained from the Chair

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of Brewing and Beverage Technology (Technische Universität München, Freising,

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Germany).

Germany).

HPLC

Belgium),

and

or

MS

were

grade

solvents

purchased

were

from

used

for

CraftBrewer

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Forced Aging of Hop Pellets. Hop pellets (harvest 2011) were ground and

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stored in a Binder ED53 heating oven (Binder, Tuttlingen, Germany) at 50°C for 1 to

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7 weeks. Thereafter, samples were vacuum-packed and stored at -20°C until

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analysis.

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Preparation of Reference Compounds. Compounds 41 - 65 were obtained

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as reported earlier.15-17 Compounds 1 - 26 and 29 - 40 were isolated from spent hops

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or synthesized from xanthohumol (1).26 After confirming their structural identity as

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well as purity (> 98 %; HPLC/MS, 1H NMR), the bitter compounds were used as

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external standards for the HPLC-MS/MS analysis of the sensometabolites in hops.

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Synthesis

of

Hop-Derived

Synthesis

Compounds.

of

2′′,3′′-

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Epoxyxanthohumol (27). Xanthohumol (1; 500 mg) was solved in 50 mL of MeOH

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and, after addition of 10 mL H2O2 (30%), was refluxed for 20 h at 65°C whilst stirring.

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The reaction mixture was diluted with water and separated on a HPLC system

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(Jasco, Great Dunmow, Great Britain) consisting of two Jasco PU-2087 pumps, a

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7725i type Rheodyne injection valve (Rheodyne, Bensheim, Germany), and a Jasco

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DAD MD-2010 diode array detector (λ = 220 - 400 nm). All separations were

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performed on a 250 x 21.2 mm, 5 µm, Luna Phenyl-Hexyl column (Phenomenex)

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using water (0.1 % formic acid) as solvent A and acetonitrile as solvent B (flow rate:

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20 mL/min): 55% B kept for 1 min and, then, increasing B to 60 % within 1 min, to

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75 % within 18 min, to 85 % within 2 min, and, finally to 100 % within 2 min. Solvent

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B was kept for 2 min at 100 % and after 26 min decreased again to 55 % within 2

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min. Compound 27 (Rt=5.68 min) was isolated in a purity of more than 98% and,

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after the solvent was removed in vacuum and freeze-dried twice, was used for

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spectroscopic structure determination. Compound 27 was identified as 2′′,3′′-

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epoxyxanthohumol that has been proposed earlier as an intermediate of the

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metabolism of xanthohumol (1).37, 58, 59

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2′′,3′′-Epoxyxanthohumol, 27 (Figure 2). UV-Vis (ACN/water; 0.1% formic

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acid): λmax = 372 nm; LC-MS (ESI-): m/z (%) 369 (100, [M - H]-), 119 (74), 113 (24);

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LC-TOF-MS (ESI-): m/z 369.1344 ([M-H]- measured), m/z 369.1338 ([M-H]-, calcd. for

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C21H21O6-); 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO; COSY): δ (ppm): 1.14 [s, 3H, H−C(4′′)] 1.15

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[s, 3H, H-C(5′′)]; 2.97 [d, 2H, J = 8,7 Hz, H-C(1′′)]; 3.90 [s, 3H, H-C(1′′′)]; 4.71 [t, 1H, J

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= 8.9 Hz, 17.5 Hz, H-C(2′′)]; 6.19 [s, 1H, H-C(6)]; 6.84 [d, 2H, 8.5 Hz, H-C(2′,6′)]; 7.53

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[d, 2H, J = 8.6 Hz, H-C(3′, 5′)]; 7.68 [d, 2H, J = 15.5, H-C(2, 3)]; 8.21 [s, 1H, OH-

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C(7)]; 10.28 [s, 1H, OH-C(4′)]; 14.19 [s, 1H, OH-C(9)];

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HSQC, HMBC): δ (ppm): 25.22 [C(4′′)]; 26.32 [C(5′′)]; 26.81 [C(1′′)]; 56.88 [C(1′′′)];

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70.49 [C(3′′)]; 86.91 [C(6)]; 91.89 [C(2′′)]; 105.8 [C(8)]; 106.19 [C(10)]; 116.44 [C(3′,

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5′)]; 124.13 [C(3)]; 126.33 [C(1′)]; 131.02 [C(2′, 6′)]; 143.29 [C(2)]; 161.35 [C(4′)];

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163.15 [C(9)]; 163.74 [C(5)]; 167.4 [C(7)]; 192.47 [C(4)].

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Synthesis of Xanthohumol G (28). A solution of 2′′,3′′-epoxyxanthohumol (27;

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50 mg) in MeOH/water (1/1, v/v; 100 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 20 h

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whilest oxygen was bubbled through the solution. After dilution with water, the

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reaction mixture was separated by HPLC using the same system and gradient as

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reported above for compound 27. The target compound 28 eluting at 3.75 min was

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isolated in a purity of more than 98% and, after the solvent was removed in vacuum

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and freeze-dried twice, analysis by means of UV−Vis, LC-MS/MS, UPLC-TOF-MS,

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and 1D/2D NMR demonstrated matching spectroscopic data with those reported

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earlier.34

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Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). LC-MS/MS

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analyses were performed on an API 4000 Q-Trap system (Applied Biosystems,

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Darmstadt, Germany) as reported earlier.15,26

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UPLC/Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (UPLC/TOF-MS). Mass spectra of

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the compounds were measured on a Waters Synapt G2 HDMS system (Waters,

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Manchester, UK) hyphenated with an Acquity UPLC core system (Waters) and a

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BEH C18, 2 x 150 mm, 1.7 µm, column (Waters) using the parameters reported

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recently.26

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Nuclear

Magnetic

Resonance

Spectroscopy

(NMR).

1D/2D-NMR

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experiments were performed on a 400 MHz DRX and a 500 MHz Avance III

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spectrometer (Bruker, Rheinstetten, Germany) using the parameters reported

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earlier.26

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Quantitation of Bitter Compounds. Aliquots of hop pellets (1.5 g) were

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extracted for 1h with methanol (100 mL) whilst ultrasonification. After filtration and

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1:100 dilution, the samples were membrane filtered (0.45 µm, Sartorius, Goettingen,

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Germany) and aliquots (5 µL) were directly injected into a UltiMate 3000 series

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UHPLC system (Dionex, Idstein, Germany) connected to the API 4000 Q-TRAP

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system (MRM/ESI- mode) using optimized fragmentation parameters for compounds

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1 - 26, 29 – 65 as reported recently.15-18, 26 After optimizing the declustering potential

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(DP), the cell exit potential (CXP), and the collision energy (CE), compounds 27 (m/z

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369.1  118.9; DP: -95; CE: -36; CXP: -7) and 28 (m/z 369.1  118.9; DP: -100;

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CE: -38; CXP: -9) were quantified as well. Quantification of target compounds was

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performed after 8-point external matrix calibration of every single compound in low

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(2.5 nmol/L - 200 µmol/L) and high concentrations (0.2 mmol/L - 20 mmol/L). To

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overcome matrix effects, hop-free beer was used as the matrix. To avoid negative or

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exaggerated estimates at the low end of the concentration ranges, the functions were

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forced through zero, thus leading to correlation coefficients of > 0.99 for all the

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reference compounds. If necessary, concentrations were corrected for amounts

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detected in a negative control (unhopped beer). Chromatography (flow rate: 0.6

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mL/min) was done in a 150 x 2.0 mm Synergi, 4 µm, Hydro-RP column

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(Phenomenex, Aschaffenburg, Germany) using acetonitrile (0.1 % formic acid) as

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solvent A and water (0.1 % formic acid) as solvent B (Figure 3): solvent A: 10→40 %

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within 15 min, 40→60 % within 13 min, 60→70 % within 20 min, 70→100 % within 2

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min, 100→10 % within 5 min, followed by re-equilibration for 4 min prior to the next

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run.

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Multivariate Analysis. Data analysis was performed within the programming

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and visualization environment R (version 2.13.2).55 The sensomics heatmap was

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calculated using the heatmap.2 function of R based on the concentration data

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(Tables 4-6, Supporting Information) after scaling the sum of all sensometabolites to

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an equal value for each beer sample. The dendrograms were constructed by means

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of an agglomerative linkage algorithm proposed by Ward56 specifying the distance

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between two clusters as the increase in the error sum of squares after fusing two

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clusters into a single cluster and seeking for a minimum distance at each clustering

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step.57

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RESULTS AND DISUSSIONS

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In order to quantitatively analyse a total of 117 bitter compounds in 75 hop varieties,

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collected from 12 different growing areas, by means of LC-MS/MS, first reference

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material of compounds 1 - 26 and 28 - 65 was purified following protocols reported

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earlier.15-17,26,34 As the structure of 2′′,3′′-epoxyxanthohumol (27) has been suggested

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as a metabolic intermediate of xanthohumol (1),37,58,59 this compound was

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synthesized by oxidation of xanthohumol (1) using hydrogenperoxide. Xanthohumol

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G (28) was synthesized by oxidation of compound 27 as described earlier in this

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manuscript.

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Quantitation of Key Bitter Compounds and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis

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of Hop Varieties. Hop-derived bitter compounds 1 - 65 (Figures 1 and 2) were

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analyzed in hop pellets from year 2011 by multiparametric quantitation using a single

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LC-MS/MS run with selective mass transitions as outlined in Figure 3. Humulones

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(41) and lupulones (42) were found as the major sensometabolites in fresh hop

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pellets, while only trace amounts of degradation and isomerization products like

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compounds 43 - 65 were detectable (Table S1, Supporting Information). Although

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suggested earlier as a reactive intermediate (bio-)transformation product of

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xanthohumol (1),37,58,59 this is the first report on 2′′,3′′-epoxyxanthohumol (27) in hops.

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To

examine

the

multivariate

distances

between

the

individual

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sensometabolites throughout the different hop varieties, the concentrations

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determined for each compound (Table S1, Supporting Information) were scaled and

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a hierarchical cluster analysis was performed on the basis of these data (Figure 4).

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The hierarchical analysis clustered the bitter compounds into the five

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compound clusters 1 - 5, with cluster 2 devided into the two subclusters 2a and 2b,

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and the hop varieties into the five clusters A - E (Table 1 and Figure 4). Cluster 1

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comprises degradation products of α-acids (46a; conc. < 0.01%), β-acids (58a/b/c;

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conc. < 0.3%), and iso-α-acids (53b, 60a, 61a/b/c; conc. < 0.1%). In addition,

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xanthohumol D (15), xanthohumol B (16), xanthohumol O (23), xanthohumol M (25),

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isoxanthohumol M (26), and 2′′,3′′-dehydrocyclohumulohydrochinon (29) are present

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in this cluster. A unique behaviour was observed for xanthohumol O (23) and

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isoxanthohumol

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isoxanthohumol M (26), was only present at low levels in a few hop varieties, levels

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of xanthohumol O (23) and isoxanthohumol M (26) were affected by the hop variety

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and were found in European varieties as well as American varieties that are related

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with the breed Brewers Gold.61 For a simplified overview on the pedigree of the hop

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varieties62-70 see Supporting Information. Moreover, elevated concentrations of these

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compounds (up to 72 mg/100g) were exclusively found in varieties grown in

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Germany. Whenever the same variety was grown in other countries e.g. Belgium,

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much lower concentrations were observed (Hallertauer Mittelfrüh - GER: 51.5

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mg/100g, BG: 7.2 mg/100g; Magnum - GER: 71.8 mg/100g, BG: 4.9 mg/100g). As a

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general rule, varieties with a low concentration of humulones (41) also featured a

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lower concentration of isoxanthohumol M (26). In contrast, non-German varieties

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contained at maximum of 0.05 % of isoxanthohumol M (26). A similar behavior was

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observed for 2′′,3′′-dehydrocyclohumulohydrochinon (29). Although this compound

M (26). Whereas xanthohumol M (25), the precursor of

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was not always present in breeds containing detectable amounts of xanthohumol O

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(23) or isoxanthohumol M (26), respectively, the occurrence of this compound was

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limited to those varieties. The presence of single compounds in distinct varieties has

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been previously observed for 4′-O-methylxanthohumol and flavokawin71 or β-

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farnesene.62 Future research will have to investigate the impact of varying

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gowth/harvest conditions on the observed regional differences in bitter tastant

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chemodiversity of the same hop variety.

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Next to the α-acids (41a/b/c; conc.: 5 - 15%), xanthohumol (1) and

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xanthohumol derivatives (2, 7, 11 - 13) are grouped in subcluster 2a (Figure 4) and

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are present in higher concentrations in hop samples of clusters C and D (up to 1.7%).

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Lower concentrations of these sensometabolites are typically found in European hop

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and aroma hop varieties grouped in clusters A, B and E, respectively. Although

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xanthohumol (1) showed high abundance in the hard resin (0.3 - 2.6 %), no

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significant correlation to the content of humulones (41) was observed.

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Iso-α-acids

(43a/b/c,

44a/b/c),

humulinones

(45a/b/c),

the

iso-α-acid

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degradation productcs 52a/b and 57a, desmethylxanthohumol (3), and 1′′,2′′-

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dihydroxanthohumol K (10) were found in subcluster 2b. Similar to the bitter

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compounds in subcluster 2a, the concentrations of these target molecules are higher

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in hop cluster D and significantly lower in hop samples of clusters A, B and E,

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respectively.

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Compound cluster 3 comprises 4′-hydroxytunicatachalcon (6), xanthohumol I

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(22), xanthohumol L (24), scorpiohumol (57b), and hulupinic acid (59) which are

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typically found at higher concentrations in hop varieties grouped in cluster A. This

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cluster contains mainly European varieties and also the American breed Vanguard,

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whose parentage involved the German breed Hallertauer Mittelfrueh. Furthermore,

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the variety Tomahawk is found in this cluster, its genetic descent being rather

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unclear.

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The iso-α-acid degradation products 46b, 54a and 60a/c, 1-methoxy-4-

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prenylphloroglucin (30), N-trans-feruloyltyramin (31), quercetin (32), p-coumaric acid

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(38a/b), the xanthohumol derivatives 17, 18, 20, and 21, and the glycosides 33 -

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36a/c are grouped in cluster 4. Next to the β-acids (42a/b/c; up to 7%), cluster 5

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covers some xanthohumol derivatives (4, 5, 14), phloroisovalerophenon-3,5-Di-C-ß-

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D-glucopyranoside (37b), and cis- and trans-p-coumaric acid methyl ester (39a/b).

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Independent of the analyzed hop sample, a constant ratio of 1 : 2 to 1 : 3 was found

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for 8-prenylnaringenin (4) to 6-prenylnaringenin (5), thus confirming earlier

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observations.60 Compared to compound clusters 1-3, the sensometabolites in

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clusters 4 and 5 are present in all hop varieties in comparable concentrations and do

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not allow a clear clustering of hop varieties.

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Affect of Cold-Storage on Concentrations of Bitter Compounds in Hops.

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To gain insight into storage-induced alterations of the sensometabolome pattern of

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hops, bitter compound analysis was performed in fresh and kilned hops (Hersbrucker

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spaet), harvested in 2011, and hop pellets (Hersbrucker spaet), which were

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harvested between 2003 and 2011 and kept at -20°C. Quantitative data were

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normalized to their dry matter, determined by freeze-drying, and are shown in Table

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S2 (Supporting Information). A hierarchical cluster analysis was performed for the

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stored hop samples, and the results were visualized in a sensomics heatmap that

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was combined with hierarchical agglomerative clustering of the sensometabolites 1 -

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65 (Figure 5).

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The hierarchical analysis arranged the sensometabolites into 4 large clusters,

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that are labeled 1 - 4 in Figure 5, the second one consisting of 3 subclusters (2a -

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2c). Cluster 1 consisted of the multifidol glycosides (36, 37) and the kaempferol-

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malonyl-glycoside (35). Furthermore, p-cumaric acid (38), xanthohumol P (11) and

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some isoxanthohumol derivatives (4, 5, 19) were found in this cluster. The

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concentration of these compounds went through a maximum after the first and

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second year of storage. Subcluster 2a contains hydroperoxylupones (62) and

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desmethylxanthohumol (3) that were present in low concentrations and reached a

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maximum concentration after 2 or 3 years of storage.

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In comparison, subcluster 2b consisted only of the humulone congeners (41),

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that increased in concentration during kilning and pelletizing and showed a slight

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increase during the first 2 years of storage. Interestingly, the concentration of the

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humulones (41) was found to be strongly increased during storage, while the

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concentration of the lupulones (42) and other soft resin derived compounds seems to

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be hardly affected. This might be explained by a release of humulones (41) from

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glycosidically bound precursors during kilning as reported for other flavor compounds

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in hops.73 While the concentrations of humulones (41) and lupulones (42) as well as

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their degradation products (43, 45, 57, 58, 62) did not change during the first two

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years of storage, humulones (41) and lupulones (42) decreased in concentration

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upon further storage. The concentration of the degradation products 44, 46 - 56, 59 -

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61, 63 - 65 was not influenced at all. Lupulone (42), N-trans-feruloyltyramine (31),

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xanthohumol (1) and the xanthohumol derivatives 7, 13, 17, and 20 showed the

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highest concentrations after 2 years of storage and were grouped in subcluster 2c.

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Humolone and lupulone degradation products (43, 45b, 58, 59) that are

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generated via an oxygen-independent pathway15-17 were found in cluster 3.

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Furthermore, the flavonol glycosides 33 and 34 as well as two xanthohumol

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degradation products 22 and 24 are grouped in the same cluster. Although a clear

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distribution pattern is not visible within this cluster, the concentration of the flavonoid

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glycosides (33 - 35) seem to decrease. Known to possess antioxidant potential,37,72

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these flavonoids are probably degraded as a result of drying during the kilning

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process. Interestingly, concentrations of flavonol glycosides (33 - 35) are declining

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after more than 3 years of storage. Hydrolyses of the glycosidic bound can be

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excluded since no increase was found for quercetin (32), the aglycon of glycoside 33.

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The large cluster 4 summarizes most of the xanthohumol derivatives (6, 8, 10,

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15, 16, 23, 25, 27), some isoxanthohumol derivatives (2, 9, 12) as well as compound

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29, all of them have been recently discovered as key taste compounds in the hops

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hard resin.26 In particular, oxidation products like 2′′,3′′-epoxyxanthohumol (27),

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xanthohumol O (23) and 2′′,3′′-dehydrocyclohumulohydrochinon (29) were found to

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rise steadily over time. Isoxanthohumol (2) shows a similar tendency, while amounts

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of xanthohumol (1) are decreasing. Moreover, the cumulative amounts of the

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degradation products cannot fully explain the loss of xanthohumol (1), thus indicating

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an alternative degradation pathway for xanthohumol (1).

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Affect of Oxygen on Hop Bitter Compounds. Using forced storage

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conditions to accelerate natural aging,74,75 hop pellets of the variety Hersbrucker

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spaet and Taurus, respectively, harvested in year 2011 were stored several weeks at

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50°C in the presence of air and were then quantitatively analyzed for the bitter

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compounds 1 – 65 (Table S3, see Supporting Information). Hierarchical cluster

363

analysis revealed two large clusters for the hop variety Hersbrucker spaet with the

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second cluster devided into two subclusters (Figure 6).

365

The cluster 1 contains the α-acids (41), β-acids (42) and some xanthohumol

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derivatives (1, 3 - 5) with xanthohumol (1) being the most predominant prenylated

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flavonoid. As expected, the concentration of the humulones (41) and the lupulones

368

(42) dropped during aging, thus confirming earlier findings.74 Interestingly, only

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hulupone (58b) and hulupinic acid (59) increased slightly during storage, whereas all

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the other oxidation products (43 - 57, 60 - 65) found in beer15-17 were not detected in

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increasing amounts. These data indicate yet unknown transformation reactions of

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humulones (41) and lupulones (42) in aerobic hop aging. In parallel to the decrease

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in xanthohumol (1) concentration, the concentrations of its degradation products and

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other hard resin derived compounds (2, 6, 13, 14, 16, 22 - 25, 27, 29, 30) decreased

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strongly.

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Xanthohumol

P

(11),

isoxanthohumol

H

(19),

xanthohumol N (20),

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isoxanthohumol M (26), isoxantholupon (7), N-trans-feruloyltyramine (31) and

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phloroisovalerophenon-3,5-di-C-β-D-glucopyranoside (37b), grouped in Cluster 2a,

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are present in rather low concentrations in the unaged hop pellets. Although their

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concentrations are slightly increasing during the aging process, those substances are

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subject to a further degradation or transformation as their concentrations decrease

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again. In comparison, cluster 2b features bitter compounds showing a significant

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concentration decrease after the first week of storage, e.g. isoxanthohumol (2), 1′′,2′′-

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dihydroxanthohumol C (8), 1′′,2′′-dihydroxanthohumol K (10), isoxanthohumol P (12),

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5′-prenylxanthohumol (13), 1′′,2′′-dihydroxanthohumol F (14), xanthohumol D (15),

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xanthohumol B (16), xanthohumol C (17), xanthohumol I (22), xanthohumol O (23),

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xanthohumol L (24), and xanthohumol M (25). These compounds are oxidation and

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transformation products of xanthohumol (1) formed during the accelerated aging

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process. Furthermore all other sensometabolites of the hard resin are found in this

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cluster: 4′-hydroxytunicatachalcone (6), dihydrocyclohumulohydrochinone (29), 1-

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methoxy-4-prenylphloroglucin (30), cis-/trans-p-cumaric acid (38a/b), quercetin-3-O-

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β-D-glucopyranoside (33), kaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (34), kaempferol-3-

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O-β-D-(6′′-malonyl)-glucopyranoside

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phloroglucinolglucopyranoside

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phloroglucinolglucopyranoside (36c). Interestingly, the concentration of the flavonol

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glycosides (33 - 35) is increasing during the first week of storage, before reaching a

(35), (36a),

1-O-β-D-(2-methyl-propanoyl)and

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plateau. This observation has also been made during the first three years for the

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samples aged without oxygen. However, it remains unclear why the concentrations of

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these glycosides are increasing during storage.

400

The results of the forced aging experiment for the variety Taurus (Table S4;

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Supporting Information) are visualized in Figure 7. As the variety Taurus contains

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more soft and hard resin derived compounds than the variety Hersbrucker spaet,

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quantitative changes are more pronounced and many parallels between the varieties

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Taurus and Hersbrucker spaet can been detected during the forced aging

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experiments. Therefore, similarities and differences will be examined at this point.

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The heatmap for the variety Taurus (Figure 7) shows three clusters (1 - 3), of which

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the last one can be divided into two subclusters (3a and 3b).

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Cluster 1 contains desmethylxanthohumol (3) for which a concentration

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decrease has been already described during aging for the breed Hersbrucker spaet.

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Furthermore this cluster contains the compounds xanthohumol C (17), N-trans-

411

feruloyltyramine (31), co-multifidolglucoside (36a) and p-cumaric acid (38a/b).

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Although, the concentrations of these substances are decreasing during the first

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week, a constant concentration increase was observed afterwards as it was the case

414

for the aroma hop variety.

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Cluster 2 comprises xanthohumol (1), some xanthohumol derivatives (7, 11,

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12, 13, 15, 26), two glucosides (33, 36c), humulones (41), lupulones (42),

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isohumulones (43, 44) as well as some degradation products of the isohumulones

418

(45) and lupulones (58, 61). Characteristic for those compounds is a significant

419

concentration decrease during the first week as found also for the variety

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Hersbrucker spaet. In particular, the concentrations of the humulones (41), lupulones

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(42) and cis-isohumulones (43) were significantly diminishing. The recently

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discovered compound 7, that is present in the variety Taurus in larger amounts and

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shows strong structural similarities to the lupulones (42),26 was found to be strongly

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decreased as well during forced aging, thus suggesting a similar reaction mechanism

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as for the lupulons (42). Again, no significant amounts of degradation or

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transformation products (45 - 65) of humulones (41), lupulones (42) or the

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isohumulones (43, 44) were detected, thus cleary indicating that molecular

428

transformation mechanisms of bitter compounds reported for beer might not apply to

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hops. Furthermore, a concentration drop of xanthohumol (1) and a simultaneous rise

430

of almost all transformation and degradation products (6, 10, 14, 16, 22 - 24, 30)

431

were observed. Present in larger quantities in the variety Taurus, all other

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xanthohumol derivatives (11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 21, 25) share the same fate as

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xanthohumol (1) and are decreasing significantly.

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Cluster 3a comprises the 6-prenylnaringenin (5), 1′′,2′′-dihydroxanthohumol C

435

(8), 1′′,2′′-dihydroisoxanthohumol C (9), 1′′,2′′-dihydroxanthohumol K (10), 1′′,2′′-

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dihydroxanthohumol F (14), xanthohumol B (16), xanthohumol I (22), xanthohumol O

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(23), xanthohumol L (24), kaempferol-3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside (34) and kaempferol-

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3-O-β-D-(6′′-malonyl)-glucopyranoside (35). The concentration of these substances is

439

increasing during the forced aging experiments confirming the results obtained for

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the variety Hersbrucker spaet. Cluster 3b shows compounds 2, 4, 6, 13, 20, 30, 37b,

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43b, 57a, 58b and 59 whose concentrations increase during the first week as it was

442

also the case for the aroma hop variety. Afterwards the concentrions were

443

decreasing or reached a contstant value, respectively.

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The data presented give a profund insight into molecular bitter compound

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variability of commercially available hop varieties and might help to select appropriate

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hop varieties for breeding programs in order to obtain offsprings that are better suited

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for storage or contain larger amounts of desirable target compounds. Quantitative

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analysis of hops stored with and without oxygen influence revealed that the decline of

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distinct hop constituents can be not explained by an increase in transformation

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products formed during beer aging, thus implying unkown degradation mechanisms

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in hops. While the degradation of the soft resin-derived humulones (41) and

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lupulones (42) seems not be influenced by oxygen, xanthohumol (1) is degraded to

453

give a series of transformation products recently reported as key bitter taste

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compounds in hops.26 Therefore, further studies are necessary to elucidate the

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aerobic transformation mechanisms of soft-resin components during hop aging.

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Notes:

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The Authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Acknowledgement

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We are grateful to Dr. Marc Rauschmann (Die Internationale Brau-Manufacturen

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GmbH, Germany), Yvan Borremans (de 'proef'brouwerij, Belgium), Carlos Ruiz (HVG

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Hopfenverwertungsgenossenschaft e.G, Germany), Dr. Christina Schönberger, Dr.

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Elisabeth Wiesen (Joh. Barth & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG, Germany), Dr. Martin Biendl,

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Sandro Cocuzza (Hopsteiner, Germany), Jack Teagle (SimplyHops, United Kingdom)

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and Philippe Lefèvre (Yakima Chief, Belgium) for providing hop samples and to

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Cynthia Almaguer (Chair of Brewing and Beverage Technology, Technische

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Universität München, Germany) for providing unhopped beer.

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Supporting Information Available

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Quantitative data and a simplified hop pedigree. This material is available free of

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charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.

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TABLES Table 1: Assignment of the single hop varietiesa to the clusters A - Eb

A-1 GB Challenger A-2 D-H Opal A-3 D-T Tettnanger A-4 US Tomahawk

A A-5 GB Goldings A-6 US Vanguard A-7 B Challenger A-8 B Tettnanger

B-1 US Super Galena B-2 D-H Tradition B-3 D-S Spalt B-4 CZ Saazer B-5 US Ahtanum B-6 US Glacier B-7 D-H Saphir

B B-8 B Hallertauer Mittelfrüh B-9 D-H Spalter Select B-10 US Bravo B-11 B East Kent Goldings B-12 US Cluster B-13 US Cascade B-14 US Willamette

C-1 US Chinook C-2 US Summit C-3 B Magnum C-4 US Millenium C-5 US Sterling

C C-10 US Centennial C-11 US Galena C-12 GB Sovereign C-13 US Mosaik C-14 SLO Celeila

C-6 GB Northdown

C-15 PL Marynka

C-7 US Simcoe C-8 US Zythos C-9 US Amarillo

C-16 D-H Merkur C-17 GB Phoenix C-18 AUS Pride of Ringwood

D-1 GB Pilgrim D-2 D-H Brewers Gold D-3 D-H Northern Brewer D-4 D-H Nugget D-5 D-H Taurus

D D-6 D-H Herkules D-7 US Zeus D-8 GB WGV D-9 US Columbus D-10 US Palisade

A-9 D-H Hallertauer Mittelfrüh A-10 F Strisselspalt

B-15 GB Bramling Cross B-16 GB Fuggles B-17 GB East Kent Goldings B-18 NZ Kohatu B-19 NZ Wai-iti B-20 D-H Smaragd B-21 SLO Styrian Goldings C-19 GB Admiral C-20 GB First Gold C-21 AUS Topaz C-22 AUS Galaxy C-23 NZ Stricklebract C-24 AUS Ella vormals „Stella“ C-25 NZ Nelson Sauvin

D-11 NZ Pacific Jade D-12 D-H Polaris D-13 NZ Pacific Gem D-14 US Sorachi Ace

E E-1 D-H Hallertau Blanc E-2 D-H Perle

686 687 688 689

E-3 D-H Magnum E-4 D-H Hersbrucker spät

E-5 D-H Mandarina Bavaria

a

Country abbreviations: GB – Great Britain, D-H – Germany (Hallertau), D-T – Germany (Tettnang), US – United States of America, B – Belgium (Poperinge), F – France, D-S – Germany (Spalt), CZ – a Czech Republic, NZ – New Zealand, SLO – Slovnia. PL – Poland, AUS – Australia. Numbering of the clusters referring to the letters given in Figure 4.

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Figure Captions 690

Figure 1: Chemical structures of key taste compounds of the hard resin of hops:

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xanthohumol

(1),

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prenylnaringenin (4), 6-prenylnaringenin (5), 4′-hydroxytunicatachalcone (6),

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isoxantholupone (7), 1′′,2′′-dihydroxanthohumol C (8), 1′′,2′′-dihydroisoxanthohumol

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C (9), 1′′,2′′-dihydroxanthohumol K (10), xanthohumol P (11), isoxanthohumol P

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(12), 5′-prenylxanthohumol (13), 1′′,2′′-dihydroxanthohumol F (14), xanthohumol D

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(15),

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isoxanthohumol H (19), xanthohumol N (20), 2′′-hydroxy-xanthohumol M (21),

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xanthohumol I (22), xanthohumol O (23), xanthohumol L (24), xanthohumol M (25),

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isoxanthohumol M (26), 2′′,3′′-epoxyxanthohumol (27), xanthohumol G (28), 2′′,3′′-

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dehydrocyclohumulohydrochinon (29), 1-methoxy-4-prenyl-phloroglucin (30), N-

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trans-feruloyltyramine (31), quercetin (32), quercetin-3-O-ß-D-glucopyranoside (33),

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kaempferol-3-O-ß-D-glucopyranoside

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glucopyranoside (35), 1-O-ß-D-(2-methyl-propanoyl)-phloroglucinol-glucopyranoside

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(co-multifidolglucoside)

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glucopyranoside (ad-multifidolglucoside) (36c), phloroisovalerophenon-3,5-di-C-ß-

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D-glucopyranoside

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acid methyl ester (39a/b), cis-/trans-p-coumaric acid ethyl ester (40a/b).

xanthohumol

isoxanthohumol

B

(16),

(2),

xanthohumol

(36a),

(34),

desmethylxanthohumol

C

(17),

xanthohumol

(3),

H

8-

(18),

kaempferol-3-O-ß-D-(6′′-malonyl)-

1-O-ß-D-(2-methylbutyryl)-phloroglucinol-

(37b), cis-/trans-p-coumaric acid (38a/b), cis-/trans-p-coumaric

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Figure 2: Chemical structures of α- and β-acids (41, 42) and their degradation products

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(43 - 65): cohumulone (41a), humulone (41b), adhumulone (41c), colupulone (42a),

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lupulone (42b), adlupulone (42c), cis-isocohumulone (43a), cis-isohumulone (43b),

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cis-isoadhumulone (43c), trans-isocohumulone (44a), trans-isohumulone (44b),

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trans-isoadhumulone (44c), cohumulinone (45a), humulinone (45b), adhumulinone

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(45c), cis-cohumulinic acid (46a), cis-humulinic acid (46b), cis-adhumulinic acid

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alloisoadhumulone (49c), trans-alloisocohumulone (49a), trans-alloisohumulone

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(49b),

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hydroxy-cis-alloisohumulone (50b), hydroxy-cis-alloisoadhumulone (50c), hydroxy-

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trans-alloisocohumulone (51a), hydroxy-trans-alloisohumulone (51b), hydroxy-

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trans-alloisoadhumulone

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hydroperoxy-cis-alloisohumulone (52b), hydroperoxy-cis-alloisoadhumulone (52c),

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hydroperoxy-trans-alloisocohumulone

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(53b),

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tricyclohumol (54b), tricycloadhumol (54c), tricyclocohumene (55a), tricyclohumene

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(55b), tricycloadhumene (55c), tricyclocohumulactol (56a), tricyclohumulactol (56b),

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tricycloadhumulactol (56c), scorpiocohumol (57a), scorpiohumol (57b), cohulupone

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(58a), hulupone (58b), adhulupone (58c), hulupinic acid (59), tetracyclocohumol

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(60a), tetracyclohumol (60b), tetracycloadhumol (60c), hydroxytricyclocolupone

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(61a),

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hydroperoxytricyclocolupone

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hydroperoxytricycloadlupone (62c), tricyclocolupone (63a), tricyclolupone (63b),

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tricycloadlupone (63c), dehydrotricyclocolupone (64a), dehydrotricyclolupone (64b),

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dehydrotricycloadlupone (64c), nortricyclocolupone (65a), nortricyclolupone (65b),

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nortricycloadlupone (65c).

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(49c),

(51c),

hydroxy-cis-alloisocohumulone

hydroperoxy-cis-alloisocohumulone

(53a),

hydroperoxy-trans-alloisoadhumulone

hydroxytricyclolupone

(48b),

cis-

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trans-alloisoadhumulone

(48a),

cis-alloisohumulone

acid

735

(47c),

cis-alloisocohumulone

715

(61b), (62a),

(50a),

(52a),

hydroperoxy-trans-alloisohumulone (53c),

tricyclocohumol

hydroxytricycloadlupone hydroperoxytricyclolupone

(54a),

(61c), (62b),

Figure 3: RP-LC/MS-MS chromatograms of bitter tasting target molciles in hops. Chemical structures are given in Figure 1 and 2.

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Figure 4: Sensomics heatmapping of bitter compound concentrations in different hop

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varieties. Concentrations of compounds are given as Supporting Information. The

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dendrogram is based on an agglomerative linkage algorithm.56 Chemical structures

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Figure 5: Sensomics heatmapping of bitter compounds in fresh hops, kilned hops and hop

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pellets of the variety Hersbrucker spaet stored in the absence of oxygen.

743

Concentrations of compounds are given as Supporting Information. The

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dendrogram is based on an agglomerative linkage algorithm.56 Chemical structures

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of the individual compounds are given in Figures 1 and 2.

746

Figure 6: Sensomics heatmapping of bitter compounds in fresh hops and pellets of the

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variety Hersbrucker spaet stored under forced aging conditions. Concentrations of

748

compounds are given as Supporting Information. The dendrogram is based on an

749

agglomerative linkage algorithm.56 Chemical structures of the individual compounds

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are given in Figures 1 and 2.

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Figure 7: Sensomics heatmapping of bitter compounds in fresh hops and pellets of the

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variety Taurus stored under forced aging conditions. Concentrations of compounds

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are given as Supporting Information. The dendrogram is based on an agglomerative

754

linkage algorithm.56 Chemical structures of the individual compounds are given in

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Figures 1 and 2.

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Figures Figure 1 (Dresel et al.)

R HO

OH

OH

1 R=

27 R =

O

OH

R HO

O

3 R1 = R3 = H, R2 =

R2 HO

O

OH

OH

2 R=

O

R1 O

15 R =

11 R =

O

OH

OH

28 R =

18 R =

HO

HO

OH

O

O

19 R =

12 R =

OH

R1

26 R =

HO

4 R2 = H, R1 =

O

O

O

20 R =

13 R3 = CH3, R1 = R2 =

OR3 O

O

25 R =

21 R =

R2

5 R1 = H, R2 =

OH O

HO

R OH O

O

OH

O

OH

8 R=H O

O

OH

O O

OH

16 R = OH O

OH

O

OH O

OH

O O

O

OH

O O

9

O

17

7

6

OH R1

10 R1 = R2 = H O

OH

O

HO

O

HO HO

HO O

R2

O O

O

24 R1 = OH, R2 = H

O

NH

HO

O

29

30

OH

OH HO

O

O O

OH OH O

OH

R

HO

31

OH O

23

OH

OH

HO

O

HO

O

22

OH

O O

OH

OH

14 R1 = H, R2 =

O

OH O

32

HO

OH

HO

33 R = OH 34 R = H

O O O

O

OH O HO

OH

OH

OH OH

OH

O

O

35

OH HO HO

R HO

O

HO

O OH

OH

OH

OH

36a =

HO HO

O OH

O

36c =

HO

O OH O OH

HO OH

HO

O

OH

38a R = H 39a R = CH3 40a R = CH2CH3

OH RO O

38b R = H 39b R = CH3 40b R = CH2CH3

37b

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Figure 2 (Dresel et al.) OH O

OH O

HO HO

O

HO

O

41

O

HO O

OH

O

O

O

OH OH

OH

O

OH OH

O

HO

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HO

R OH O HO

HO

OH

60

OH

55

O

HO

O

61

OH OH

O

O

56

HOO

O

62

O

O

OH OOH

53

(a)

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(b)

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(c)

R

O

OH

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O

HO R O

O

OH

59

58

O

63

OH

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OH OH

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OH

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OH

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OH

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OH

HO H

O

OH

O

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O

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