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Selective 1D TOCSY NMR Experiments for a Rapid Identification of Minor Components in the Lipid Fraction of Milk and Dairy Products: Towards Spin-Chromatography? Christina Papaemmanouil, Constantinos G. Tsiafoulis, Dimitrios Alivertis, Ouranios Tzamaloukas, Despoina Miltiadou, Andreas Tzakos, and Ioannis P. Gerothanassis J. Agric. Food Chem., Just Accepted Manuscript • DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b01335 • Publication Date (Web): 19 May 2015 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on May 26, 2015

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Selective 1D TOCSY NMR Experiments for a Rapid Identification of

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Minor Components in the Lipid Fraction of Milk and Dairy

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Products: Towards Spin-Chromatography?

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Christina Papaemmanouil, Constantinos G. Tsiafoulis*§‡, Dimitrios Alivertis#,

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Ouranios Tzamaloukas┴, Despoina Miltiadou┴, Andreas G. Tzakos, and Ioannis P.

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Gerothanassis*

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Section of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, §NMR

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Center, ‡ Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, #Department

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of Biological Applications and Technology; University of Ioannina, Ioannina GR-451

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10, Greece

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University of Technology, P. O. Box 50329, Limassol 3603, Cyprus

Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Cyprus

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ABSTRACT: We report a rapid, direct and unequivocal spin-chromatographic

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separation and identification of minor components in the lipid fraction of milk and

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common dairy products with the use of selective 1D TOCSY NMR experiments. The

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method allows the complete backbone spin-coupling network to be elucidated even in

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strongly overlapped regions and in the presence of major components with 4x102 to

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3x103 stronger NMR signal intensities. The proposed spin chromatography method

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does not require any derivatization steps for the lipid fraction, is selective with

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excellent resolution, is sensitive with quantitation capability and compares favorably

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with 2D TOCSY and GC-MS methods of analysis. The results of the present study

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demonstrated that the 1D TOCSY NMR spin-chromatography method can become a

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procedure of primary interest in food analysis and generally in complex mixture

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analysis.

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KEYWORDS: lipid fraction, totally correlated NMR spectroscopy (TOCSY), spin-

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chromatography, dairy products

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INTRODUCTION

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Separation and identification of components from complex mixtures has occupied a

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central role in the field of natural products and food chemistry research. The classical

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protocol for the investigation of complex mixtures has been to apply various

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chromatographic techniques, to isolate a certain amount of a pure product and to

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identify its structure using various spectroscopic techniques1 and/or the use of

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specialized hyphenated spectroscopic techniques.2,3 On the other hand, NMR

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spectroscopy is increasingly used as an analytical tool for identification and

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quantification of low molecular weight metabolites on unfractionized biological

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fluids, natural product extracts and food samples.1,4-12

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Milk lipids are very important as they confer distinctive textural, nutritional and

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organoleptic properties on dairy products. Recent studies have reported that the

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consumption of saturated fatty acids has been linked to increased risk of

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cardiovascular disease, whereas the consumption of milk conjugated linoleic acids

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(CLA) has beneficial effects and this issue is still subject to numerous studies.13

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Accurate analysis, therefore, of minor lipids is important for determining the nutritive

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value and preparing nutritional labeling materials for particular function or

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application. The analysis of minor lipids, however, is extremely challenging and

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complex since it can be very slow and laborious and may require various preparation

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and analysis steps.14

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The selective 1D TOCSY experiment has become an important NMR technique for

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establishing 1H-1H connectivity via scalar coupling in small and medium-size

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molecules15,16 and in the analysis of mixtures of related compounds.17 However, the

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method has found limited application in food matrices; to the best of our knowledge

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few studies have, so far, been published, among them in the metabolomics analysis of

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amino acids in honey18 and in mango juice.19 In the present study we report, for the

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first time, the direct identification of six minor species: (9-cis, 11-trans) 18:2 and (9-

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trans, 11-trans) 18:2 conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) isomers, caproleic acid, glycerol

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in 1,2 diglyceride (1,2 DAG), in 1 monoglyceride (1-MAG), and in 2 monoglyceride

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(2-MAG) in the lipid fraction of milk and halloumi cheese, without any derivatization

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steps, with the use of a spin- chromatography procedure based on the spin diffusion

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process of selective 1D TOCSY experiment.

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MATERIALS AND METHODS

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Materials. Conjugated (9-cis, 11-trans) 18:2 linoleic acid, purity ≥ 96% (HPLC),

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conjugated (9-trans, 11-trans) 18:2 linoleic acid, purity ≥ 98% (HPLC), were

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purchased from Fluka. Caproleic acid, purity ≥ 96%, was purchased from Sigma -

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Aldrich, chloroform and methanol (analytical grade) were obtained from Fisher

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Scientific (U.K.), CDCl3 (99.8%) from Deutero (Kastellaun, Germany) and the 37

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FAME standard mix from Sigma-Aldrich.

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Sample Preparations. The lipid fractions of milk samples were prepared as

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previously described.20 The lipid fractions of halloumi cheese were prepared as

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follows: cheese samples were frozen in liquid N2 and pulverized in a ceramic mortar.

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After lyophilization for two days, 300 mg of cheese was used for the extraction of the

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lipid phase, using the Bligh and Dyer method, as previously described.20

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NMR Instrumentation. NMR experiments were performed on a Bruker AV500

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spectrometer (Bruker Biospin, Rheinstetten, Germany) using the Topsin 2.1 suite. The

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1D TOCSY experiments were carried out using standard Bruker pulse program

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(selmlgp). A shaped pulse length of 20 ms for selective excitation was used followed

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either by a MLEV-17 TOCSY spin lock18 or by applying the DIPSI-2 pulse train and

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by incorporating a z-filter before acquisition21 for the suppression of artifacts. The

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spin-lock was adjusted to 7.1 KHz, corresponding to a low power 90o pulse of 35 µs;

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this allows safe operation without problems of significant heating of the samples with

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spin-lock times up to 400 ms.

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GC-MS Analysis. Fatty acid methyl esters (FAME’s) were prepared by trans-

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esterification with methanolic potassium hydroxide according to the ISO 15884:2002

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method22 as previously described.23 Fatty acid profiles were generated by analyzing

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the FAME samples on a GC-MS-QP 2010 Plus Gas Chromatography Mass

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Spectrometer (Shimadzu, Duisburg, Germany) equipped with a HT 280 T auto

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sampler (HTA, Brescia, Italy). Details of the GC-MS analysis are given

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elsewhere.20,23

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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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1D TOCSY of Model Compounds – Effects of Mixing Time

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Figure 1 illustrates a series of selective 1D TOCSY spectra of the model (9-cis, 11-

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trans) 18:2 CLA isomer where the H11 olefinic proton (δ= 6.27 ppm)20,24,25 has been

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selected for excitation using a range of mixing times and, thus, affecting the number

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of transfers within the spin system.26 For a mixing time τm = 33 ms, the selective 1D

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TOCSY transfers magnetization to its J-coupled partners within the conjugated

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olefinic protons and the C(13)H2 protons (Figure 1(b)). Using longer mixing times,

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the magnetization is transferred throughout the full spin system and, for τm values of

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200 and 400 ms, resulted in the complete analysis and structure elucidation of the

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compound (Figure 1(d), (e)). Figure S1 illustrates a similar series of selective 1D

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TOCSY spectra of the (9-trans, 11-trans) 18:2 CLA isomer where the H10, H11 (δ=

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5.97 ppm) protons have been selected. Again, the 1D TOCSY experiment allows

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structural information to be extracted in a time-efficient manner and with high

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spectral resolution.

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Method Application in the Lipid Fraction of Milk and Dairy Products

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An important application of the 1D experiment is the selective excitation of a

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proton sub spectrum belonging to a single chemical component contained in a

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complex mixture, thus providing a form of spin-chromatography. The selective

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excitation of a suitable “target” resonance of the compound of interest can then reveal

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the whole spin system, even if the 1D 1H NMR spectrum is heavily overlapped in the

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region of the other peaks in the selected spin coupling network. Figure 2(a) illustrates

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a typical 500 MHz 1H NMR experiment of the lipid fraction of a lyophilized halloumi

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cheese sample in CDCl3. Selective TOCSY excitation, with 400 ms mixing time, of

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the H11 proton of the (9-cis, 11-trans) 18:2 CLA isomer (Figure 2(b)), illustrates

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effective magnetization transfer from H11 to H2 and H11 to H18. Therefore, its

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structure becomes amenable to detailed analysis although signals from H2 to H8 and

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H12 to H18 protons are completely hidden in a conventional 1D 1H NMR spectrum

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under the resonances of the abundant components with 4x102 to 3x103 stronger

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intensities.

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Similar experiments were performed with caproleic acid (Figure 2(c)). Selective

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TOCSY excitation of the H10a protons at 4.97 ppm with τm = 400 ms resulted in the

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effective magnetization transfer throughout the complete proton spin system, although

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the signals from H8 to H2 are completely hidden in the conventional 1D 1H NMR

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spectrum. Selective TOCSY excitation of the doublet at 3.72 ppm reveals the

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complete spin system of the glycerol moiety in 1,2 DAG at 5.20 ppm (2’-CHOCO),

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4.28 ppm and 4.13 ppm (1’b, 1’a-CH2OCO, respectively) (Figure 2(d)).

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Figure S2 illustrates a similar series of selective 1D TOCSY spectra of the lipid

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fraction of lyophilized milk sample. Again the 1D TOCSY allows the analysis and

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structure elucidation of minor compounds in a time-efficient manner and with high

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spectral resolution.

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Comparison of the 1D TOCSY spectrum of the model (9-cis, 11-trans) 18:2 CLA

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isomer with the one obtained from the lipid fraction of the lyophilized halloumi

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cheese sample illustrates a significant difference of the C(2)H2 spin system (Figure 3).

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In the model compound it appears as a triplet (δ= 2.33 ppm, 3J= 7.2 Hz) due to

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coupling with the C(3)H2 protons while in the spectrum of the extract it appears at δ=

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2.30 ppm with a complex multiplet pattern. This clearly demonstrates that the (9-cis,

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11-trans) 18:2 CLA isomer in the extract exists predominantly as an ester and not as a

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free acid. Due to the asymmetry of the sn2 carbon of the glycerol moiety the C(3)H2

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protons become magnetically non equivalent, thus, resulting in a multiplet spin

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pattern. This result is very important in investigating the hydrolysis products of the

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ester linkage between an acyl group and the glycerol backbone. The resulting free

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fatty acids and their catabolic products have been found to be among the primary

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factors for the aroma of hard cheese where lipolysis reaches high levels.24

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Figure 4 illustrates the great potential of the 1D TOCSY experiments in the case of

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minor species with resonances in overcrowded spectral regions of the 1D 1H NMR

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spectrum. The spin systems of the glycerol moieties in both 2-MAG (Figure 4(b1),

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(b2)) and 1-MAG (Figure 4(c1), (c2)) were clearly resolved and provided an

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unequivocal assignment of both species although the 1-MAG resonances are strongly

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overlapped in the region of 3.75 to 3.55 ppm (Figure 4(a)).

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The excellent selectivity of the 1D TOCSY is demonstrated also in the case of

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strongly overlapped resonances of the 18:2 CLA geometric isomers. Figure S3

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illustrates a selected 1H NMR region of the (9, 11) 18:2 CLA resonances of the lipid

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fraction of a lyophilized halloumi cheese sample. The apparent triplet at 5.92 ppm

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(3J= 10.9 Hz) has been assigned to the H10 olefinic proton of the (9-cis, 11-trans)

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18:2 CLA isomer and the strongly overlapped minor peak at 5.97 ppm to the

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composite signal of the H10 and H11 protons of the (9-trans, 11-trans) 18:2 CLA

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isomer. Selective 1D TOCSY of the resonance at 5.97 ppm clearly demonstrates

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magnetization transfer to H9 and H12 resonances at 5.54 ppm which are not

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overlapped with other resonances of the lipid fraction (Figure S3(c)) and, thus, can be

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used for the assignment of the (9-trans, 11-trans) 18:2 CLA isomer. A limitation of

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the method, however, is that since the identification is based on chemical shifts, the

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length of the fatty acid and the position of the unsaturation remains ambiguous. For

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instance the 1H NMR spectrum of (9-cis, 11-trans) 18:2 has almost identical chemical

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shifts and J-couplings as that from (9-cis, 11-trans) 20:2 and (11-cis, 13-trans) 20:2.

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Figure S4 illustrates a comparison of the 1D TOCSY spectrum of Figure 2(b) with

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the respective extracted column and row in the 2D TOCSY experiment. It is evident

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that the 1D TOCSY: (i) increases significantly the digital resolution since in the 2D

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removes dynamic range issues from the spectrum; (iii) the whole spin system can be

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excited even in the region of strong signal overlapping with major components with

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4x102 to 3x103 stronger NMR signal intensities and (iv) decreases the experimental

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time.

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Quantification using 1D TOCSY – Comparison with 1D 1H NMR and GC-MS

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Method of Analysis

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The excellent sensitivity and digital resolution of the 1D TOCSY experiment

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allows the quantification of minor components. The quantitative analysis was based

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on the standard addition method. Known amounts of caproleic acid were added to the

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sample and the respective spin chromatograms were recorded with the selective

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excitation of the H9 proton of the caproleic acid. The pulse repetition time

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(acquisition time + relaxation delay) was set at 5xT1 (~16 s) of the long relaxation

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time of the H9 and H10 protons (~3.2 s) of the caproleic acid. The results were

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compared with those obtained by the use of 1D 1H NMR quantitation.

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The effect of the mixing time on the quantitation results was studied in detail.

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Several mixing times were used, more specific 33, 100 and 200 ms (τm= 33 ms

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corresponds to the value of ½ 3J, where 3J is the coupling of the H9 and H10 protons).

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The sensitivity of the 1D TOCSY method was higher using smaller mixing time

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values but at the expense of the quantitation accuracy. Longer mixing times resulted

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in a moderate decrease of sensitivity, approx. by a factor of two, however, a

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significantly improved accuracy of the method was achieved (the relative error was

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almost equal using either the H9 or the H10 signals (data not shown). It should be

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pointed out that one of the advantages of the spin chromatographic procedure is the

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ability to quantify the analyte of interest either using the excited proton or by using a

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nearby proton where the magnetization was transferred.

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1D TOCSY quantitation was achieved following the procedure described by

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Sandusky et al.28 Table 1 provides the quantification data obtained for the milk

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samples using the 1D TOCSY procedure. A concentration value (in tube) of

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1.02±0.03 mmol L-1 was determined using the 1D TOCSY and the H9 proton

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integration (Figure 5 and Figure S5) compared to 0.97±0.02 mmol L-1 as determined

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by using the conventional 1D 1H NMR with internal standard. For the second milk

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sample, the respective results were 1.92±0.06 and 1.84±0.06 mmol L-1. The results

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demonstrate the excellent agreement between the 1D TOCSY method with the

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conventional 1D 1H NMR method.

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The limit of detection (LD) for the spin chromatographic quantitation of the

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caproleic acid was calculated by the use of two different methods, based on the

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calibration function29 or the SNR method.30,31 By means of the calibration function,29

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a calibration curve of the standard addition method was used; the LD was found 0.07

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± 0.01 mmol L-1 (in tube) or 0.01 mg g-1 for the milk sample. Using the SNR method

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the LD was calculated by applying the 3xC/(S/N) equation in a standard sample of

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caproleic acid, where C represents the concentration of the analyte as determined by

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the signal-to-noise value of the respective 1D TOCSY spectra was calculated. For the

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concentration levels of 0.97, 2.04 and 2.98 mmol L-1 of caproleic acid (in tube) the

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3xC/(S/N) value was calculated 0.10, 0.11 and 0.08 mmol L-1 using the 1D TOCSY

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spectra, and 0.004, 0.007 and 0.010 mmol L-1 using the 1D 1H NMR spectra,

H NMR (data were treated without using a line broadening exponential function) and

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respectively; thus, the LD value of caproleic acid is 0.10 mmol L-1 (in tube) or 0.01 ±

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0.001 mg g-1 for the milk sample and 0.010 mmol L-1 (in tube) or 0.001 ± 0.0001 mg

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g-1 for 1D TOCSY and 1D 1H NMR methods, respectively.

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The quantitative results of the spin chromatography and 1H NMR were compared

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with those obtained with the use of the GC-MS method of analysis (ISO

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15884:2002).22 The results are in accordance with the GC-MS method of analysis;

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caproleic acid was found to be 0.28 % and 0.68% of the total lipids when calculated

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by GC-MS and was measured 0.26 % and 0.74 % of the total lipids when calculated

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by 1D 1H NMR for the first and second milk sample, respectively.

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The proposed selective 1D TOCSY spin-chromatographic separation procedure,

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therefore, is an excellent technique in mixture analysis of minor components, through

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a careful selection of the spin system to be excited. The method might become of

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primary interest in food research including targeting metabolomics32 since: (i) it is

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rapid, selective and nondestructive, (ii) it allows the chemical identification of minor

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components even in strongly overlapped spectral regions, (iii) does not require

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derivatization steps and (iv) allows the quantification of analytes of interest.

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AUTHOR INFORMATION

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Corresponding Authors

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*(I.P.G.) E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: +30 26510 08389

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*(C.G.T) E-mail: [email protected]; Phone: +30 26510 08315

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Notes

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The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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This work was supported by the Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation, European

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Regional Development Fund and Charalambides- Christies Ltd dairy industry. Thanks

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are given to the anonymous reviewers for critical and constructive criticisms.

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Supporting Information Available

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Figure S1: 500 MHz 1H NMR and 1D TOCSY spectra for several mixing times of (9-

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trans, 11-trans) 18:2 conjugated linoleic acid; Figure S2: 500 MHz 1H NMR and 1D-

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TOCSY spectra of the lipid fraction of a lyophilized milk sample; Figure S3: Selected

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regions of 500 MHz 1H NMR and 1D TOCSY spectra for (9-cis, 11-trans) and (9-

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trans, 11-trans) 18:2 CLAs of the lipid fraction of a lyophilized cheese sample; Figure

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S4: Selected regions of 500 MHz 2D TOCSY and 1D TOCSY spectra of the lipid

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fraction of a lyophilized cheese sample; Figure S5: 1D TOCSY quantitation

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procedure displaying the 1D TOCSY spectra for successive addition of caproleic acid

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in a milk sample.

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FIGURE CAPTIONS

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Figure 1. (a) 500 MHz 1D NMR spectrum of 20 mM solution of the (9-cis, 11-trans)

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18:2 conjugated linoleic acid in CDCl3 (T= 298 K, acquisition time= 4.3 s, relaxation

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delay= 5 s, number of scans= 256, experimental time ~25 min); (b)-(e) selective 1D

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TOCSY spectra of the above solution using a mixing time of τm= 33 ms (b), 70 ms

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(c), 200 ms (d), and 400 ms (e). The asterisk denotes the selected H11 resonance

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which was excited. For (b)-(e) the magnetization transfer network is illustrated.

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Figure 2. Spin chromatogram of the lipid fraction of a lyophilized cheese sample in

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CDCl3: (a) 500 MHz 1H NMR spectrum of the lipid fraction of a lyophilized cheese

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sample in CDCl3 (298 K, number of scans= 256, acquisition time= 4.3 s, relaxation

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delay= 5 s, total experiment time ~25 min). The major lipid resonances are denoted

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(sn1, sn2 and sn3 indicate the stereospecific numbering of esterified glycerol). The

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insert shows x512 magnification of the spectrum in order to display resonances from

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the 18:2 CLA and other minor species. (b)-(d) 1D TOCSY spectra of 2(a) with τm=

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400 ms (ns= 256, total experiment time ~25 min). The asterisks denote the resonances

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which were excited by the use of a selective pulse.

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Figure 3. Selected regions of: (a) Figure 2(a); (b) 1D TOCSY spectrum of Figure

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2(b); (c) 1D TOCSY of the model (9-cis, 11-trans) 18:2 CLA isomer. In (b) and (c)

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the selective excitation pulse was set on the H11 proton (δ= 4.92 ppm). The insert in

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(b) shows x16 magnification of the spectrum in order to display the C(2)H2COOR

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resonances.

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Figure 4. Selected regions of: (a) Figure 2(a); (b) 1D TOCSY spectrum which

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2’ CHOCOR (δ= 4.92 ppm) peaks in 2-MAG, respectively); (c) 1D TOCSY spectrum

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of the spin system of the glycerol moiety in 1-MAG (in (c1) and (c2) the selective

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excitation pulse was set on the 3’ CH2OH (δ= 3.67 ppm) and 2’ CH2OH (δ= 3.92

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ppm) peaks in 1-MAG, respectively).

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Figure 5. Quantification of caproleic acid (CA) in the lipid fraction of a lyophilized

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milk using the 1D TOCSY method (see also Figure S5).

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Table 1: Results obtained using 1D TOCSY NMR, conventional 1D 1H NMR and GC-MS methods for the determination of the caproleic acid in two milk samples. Sample

Analyte / Units

1D

1

H NMRa

TOCSYa 1

Caproleic acid/mM

1.02±0.03

Caproleic acid / %

Relativeb

GC-MS

deviation (%) 0.97±0.02a

Relativec deviation (%)

5.15

0.26±0.01

0.28

-7.14

0.68

8.82

of the lipid fraction 2

Caproleic acid/mM % of the lipid

1.92±0.06

1.83±0.06a

1.75

0.74±0.01

fraction a

Results are expressed as mM of caproleic acid (in tube; standard deviation (n=3)). bResults are

expressed as 100 x [ (1D TOCSYvalue)- (1D 1H NMRvalue)] /(1D 1H NMRvalue). cResults are expressed as 100 x [(1D 1H NMRvalue) -(GC-MSvalue)] /(GC-MSvalue).

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