Bitterness quantification and simulated taste mechanism of theasinensin A from tea

文献类型： 外文期刊

第一作者： Zhang, Jian-yong

作者： Zhang, Jian-yong;Feng, Zhi-hui;Wang, Wei-wei;Deng, Yu-liang;Jiang, He-yuan;Yin, Jun-feng;Cui, Hong-chun;Zhao, Yun;Engelhardt, Ulrich H. H.

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关键词： tea; theasinensin A; bitterness; threshold; molecular docking

期刊名称：FRONTIERS IN NUTRITION （ 影响因子：5.0； 五年影响因子：5.7 ）

ISSN： 2296-861X

年卷期： 2023 年 10 卷

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收录情况： SCI

摘要： Theasinensin A is an important quality chemical component in tea, but its taste characteristics and the related mechanism are still unclear. The bitterness quantification and simulated taste mechanism of theasinensin A were researched. The results showed that theasinensin A was significantly correlated with the bitterness of tea. The bitterness threshold of theasinensin A was identified as 65 mu mol/L for the first time. The dose-over-threshold (DOT) value of theasinensin A was significantly higher than that of caffeine in black tea soup. The concentration-bitterness curve and time-intensity curve of theasinensin A were constructed. The bitterness contribution of theasinensin A in black tea was higher than in oolong and green tea. Theasinensin A had the highest affinity with bitterness receptor protein TAS2R16, which was compared to TAS2R13 and TAS2R14. Theasinensin A was mainly bound to a half-open cavity at the N-terminal of TAS2R13, TAS2R14, and TAS2R16. The different binding capacity, hydrogen bond, and hydrophobic accumulation effect of theasinensin A and bitterness receptor proteins might be the reason why theasinensin A presented different bitterness senses in human oral cavity.

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