Method for preparing Gao Shunzhan-ratio lycopene by catalysis of iodine-containing negative ion compound
Technical Field
The invention relates to a method for preparing Gao Shunzhan-ratio lycopene by using an iodine-containing negative ion compound as a catalyst, in particular to a method for catalyzing trans-lycopene to be isomerized into cis-lycopene in a supercritical CO 2 -ethanol system. Belonging to the technical field of functional food production.
Background
Lycopene is a carotenoid with special biological activity, and has the functions of inhibiting benign hyperplasia of prostate, reducing the incidence risk of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and the like. Common lycopene isomers mainly include All-trans (All-E), 5-cis (5Z), 9-cis (9Z) and 13-cis (13Z), and the antioxidant activity of the lycopene cis isomer is generally higher than that of All-trans lycopene, wherein the antioxidant activity of 5Z-lycopene is the highest. In addition, natural lycopene (more than 90% is in all-trans configuration) has the defects of low bioavailability (less than 30%) because of high melting point and poor fat solubility (far lower than 1 mg/mL) of crystalline substances, which greatly limits the application range.
Under the condition of room temperature, the solubility of lycopene with the cis-form ratio of 76% in absolute ethyl alcohol can reach 2410.7mg/L, which is about 4000 times of all-trans lycopene. Therefore, the green solvent ethanol is selected as a reaction solvent or a cosolvent to carry out lycopene isomerization reaction under specific conditions to improve the cis-configuration ratio in lycopene, which is expected to greatly improve the physiological activity and bioavailability of lycopene products, and meanwhile, the low ethanol residue can also ensure the edible safety of the products.
In terms of the conversion of trans lycopene to cis lycopene, the thermal isomerization reaction refers to the isomerization of lycopene in the organic phase with a catalyst. Honda et al (HondaM, kawanaT, takeharaM, et al, journalofFoodScience, 2015) use FeCl 3 as a catalyst and the total cis-lycopene ratio can reach 79.9%. Although the total cis content of lycopene in the reaction is relatively high, the outstanding problem is that FeCl 3 is a strong oxidant, is difficult to remove from the product after homogeneous reaction, and uses acetone as a solvent, which seriously affects the stability and edible safety of lycopene isomerization products. In addition, honda et al (Honda M, ICHIHASHI K, takada W, et al, journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2020) reacted at 160 ℃ for 1h with allyl isothiocyanate as a catalyst and lycopene oleoresin as a raw material, different oils and fats as diluents, with a total cis-lycopene ratio of up to 86.7%. Although the total cis ratio of the reacted lycopene is high, the high temperature reaction at 160 ℃ can cause lycopene oleoresin to generate other harmful substances, and the harmful substances are difficult to remove from the reacted product, so that the quality of lycopene isomerization products is seriously affected. Honda et al (Honda M, KAGEYAMA H, hibino T, et al, journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2020) reacted lycopene in ethyl acetate at 60 ℃ for 1h at a lycopene concentration of 0.02mmol/L with isothiocyanate as catalyst to increase the cis-isomer content by about 2.5 times, respectively, compared to the absence of catalyst. Through researches, wang et al (Wang Q, yang C, liu Y, et al, LWT, 2022) found that under the condition of lycopene concentration of 0.1mmol/L, alCl 3 isomerization efficiency and lycopene retention rate were optimal, the isomerization rate and 5Z-lycopene ratio were 81.1% and 33.0%, respectively, but the reaction system utilized acetone as a solvent and heavy metal salt as a catalyst, so that the obtained product had high food safety risk. In addition, the lycopene reaction concentration of the method reported by Honda et al and Wang et al is far lower than 1mg/mL, which seriously affects the preparation efficiency of lycopene cis-isomer and is not beneficial to industrial production. ZL201410736320.3 and ZL201510021309.3 respectively disclose methods for heterogeneously catalyzing trans-lycopene configuration conversion by using iodine-doped titanium dioxide nanocatalysts. However, the method for preparing the iodine-doped titanium dioxide nano catalyst has the defects of higher raw material cost (especially titanate cost ratio) of the catalyst, longer catalyst preparation process period (at least 26 hours are needed for preparing the catalyst by the hydrothermal method at least), difficult separation of the solid nano catalyst and the like no matter the catalyst is prepared by a sol-gel method or a hydrothermal method, and the industrialized application of the catalyst is limited.
At present, no report of catalyzing all-trans lycopene to be converted into cis-isomer by utilizing an iodine-containing anion compound in a supercritical CO 2 -ethanol system is yet seen.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a method for efficiently catalyzing all-trans lycopene configuration conversion by an iodine-containing negative ion compound, so that lycopene with high cis configuration ratio and 5Z-lycopene with higher cis ratio are obtained and used as common food ingredients, functional food raw materials or dietary supplement raw materials.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
A method for catalyzing trans-lycopene configuration conversion by an iodine-containing anion compound comprises the following specific catalytic reaction steps:
Adding lycopene, an iodine-containing anion compound catalyst and absolute ethyl alcohol into a supercritical CO 2 reaction kettle to obtain an initial reaction mixed solution; introducing CO 2 gas from the bottom end of the supercritical reaction kettle at room temperature to replace oxygen in the reaction kettle; closing the air outlet valve, continuously introducing CO 2, and stirring for reaction at the reaction temperature of 80-110 ℃ and the pressure of 25-35 MPa for 0.5-2.0 h; after the reaction is completed, the reaction device is cooled to room temperature and slowly depressurized to obtain an ethanol solution containing Gao Shunzhan portions of lycopene; the solution is further subjected to reduced pressure evaporation to remove ethanol, so that a lycopene product with high cis-to-cis ratio is obtained.
Further, the iodine-containing negative ion compound is potassium iodide or sodium iodide.
Further, the mass ratio of the iodine-containing negative ion compound to the lycopene is 0.2:100-1.0:100; the concentration of lycopene in ethanol is 1.0-2.5 mg/mL.
Further, the yield of lycopene with the cis-form ratio of more than 75% is 80% -92%.
The beneficial effects of the invention are that
Compared with the prior reported method, the innovation of the preparation method of Gao Shunzhan to lycopene is that:
(1) The catalyst used in the invention is potassium iodide or sodium iodide, can be used as a food additive, has the advantage of easily available raw materials, and the residue can ensure the edible safety of the product;
(2) The invention has the advantages of catalyzing reaction in a supercritical CO 2 -ethanol system, high reaction initial concentration (higher than 1 mg/mL) and short reaction time, belongs to a green chemical method, ensures the application safety of lycopene and improves the preparation efficiency of products. In addition, the oxidation degradation rate of lycopene is greatly reduced by utilizing the oxygen isolation effect and the high-efficiency catalysis effect of the CO 2 -ethanol system. In summary, these innovative measures improve the productivity of lycopene isomerisation products;
(3) Under the preferred condition of the invention, the total cis-lycopene ratio and the yield of the lycopene isomerization product obtained in the reaction for 1h can reach more than 87%, and 5Z-lycopene with the content of more than 20% can be obtained. This benefits from possible reaction mechanisms: under the action of an iodine-containing anion catalyst in a supercritical CO 2 -ethanol system, lycopene molecules firstly generate a stable all-trans lycopene allyl carbonium intermediate, and the carbonium is difficult to rotate by a single bond. The I-has more outer electrons, is easy to polarize and deform, can be used as a nucleophilic reagent to attack allylcarbanion, so that the rotation and distortion of single bonds of the lycopene allylcarbanion intermediate occur, and the lycopene molecular intermediate with low iodine-containing energy is generated at the moment; because the radius of the I-is larger, and the conjugated double bond of the lycopene molecule has high-density electron cloud, the generated C-I single bond is extremely unstable, the I-is easy to leave under the action of hydride (H-) and the catalyst is reduced, so that different lycopene isomers are generated;
(4) The catalytic reaction method has the characteristics of simplicity, high efficiency, economy and environmental friendliness. The obtained cis-lycopene product is helpful for widening lycopene application field and improving functionality of derivative health food.
Drawings
FIG. 1 is a HPLC chart of lycopene product obtained in example 4 of the present invention after catalyzing isomerization of all-trans lycopene for 1 hour according to the detection method in the summary of the invention. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the relative percentage of total cis-lycopene is 87.16, wherein the relative percentage of 5Z-lycopene is 20.39.
Detailed Description
For a better understanding of the present invention, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the following examples, but the scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope of the examples.
The reagents ethanol, potassium iodide and sodium iodide used in the following examples of the present invention were all analytically pure, and the all-trans lycopene purity was 91.2%.
Example 1
20Mg of lycopene, 0.04mg of catalyst KI and 20mL of absolute ethyl alcohol are added into a 100mL supercritical CO 2 reaction kettle, and an initial reaction mixed solution is obtained; introducing CO 2 gas from the bottom end of the supercritical reaction kettle at room temperature to replace oxygen in the reaction kettle; continuously introducing CO 2, closing an air outlet valve, and stirring for reaction at the reaction temperature of 80 ℃ and the pressure of 25MPa for 0.5 h; after the reaction is completed, the reaction device is cooled to room temperature and slowly depressurized to obtain lycopene ethanol solution with high cis-to-cis ratio; the solution is further subjected to reduced pressure evaporation to remove ethanol, so that a lycopene product with high cis-to-cis ratio is obtained.
And (3) detecting products: taking 100 mu L of ethanol solution after reaction, fixing the volume to 5mL by using ethyl acetate, filtering by using a 0.22 mu m filter membrane, detecting and analyzing by using an HPLC method, detecting the relative percentage content of each lycopene isomer at 472nm by using an area normalization method, quantifying the total lycopene content of the product by using an external standard method (standard curve manufactured by all-trans lycopene standard), and calculating the yield. Chromatographic column: YMCC30 column (5 μm,250 mm. Times.4.6 mm); mobile phase: phase A: methanol:acetonitrile=25:75, phase b: methyl tertiary butyl ether 100%; gradient conditions: 0-20 min, wherein the A phase is reduced from 100% to 50%, 20-40 min, and the A phase is kept at 50%; flow rate: 1mL/min; column temperature: 30 ℃; sample injection amount: 20. Mu.L. The total cis-lycopene content was 75.26, the 5Z-lycopene content was 11.16, and the yield was 80%.
Example 2
50Mg of lycopene, 0.5mg of catalyst KI and 20mL of absolute ethyl alcohol are added into a 100mL supercritical CO 2 reaction kettle, and an initial reaction mixed solution is obtained; introducing CO 2 gas from the bottom end of the supercritical reaction kettle at room temperature to replace oxygen in the reaction kettle; continuously introducing CO 2, closing an air outlet valve, and stirring for reaction at the reaction temperature of 110 ℃ under the pressure of 35MPa for 2.0 h; after the reaction is completed, the reaction device is cooled to room temperature and slowly depressurized to obtain lycopene ethanol solution with high cis-to-cis ratio; the solution is further subjected to reduced pressure evaporation to remove ethanol, so that a lycopene product with high cis-to-cis ratio is obtained. According to the method of example 1, the total cis-lycopene content of the product was 88.78, the 5Z-lycopene content was 22.43, and the yield was 88%.
Example 3
30Mg of lycopene, 0.20mg of NaI0.20mg of catalyst and 20mL of absolute ethyl alcohol are added into a 100mL supercritical CO 2 reaction kettle, so as to obtain an initial reaction mixed solution; introducing CO 2 gas from the bottom end of the supercritical reaction kettle to replace oxygen in the reaction kettle; continuously introducing CO 2, closing an air outlet valve, and stirring for reaction at the reaction temperature of 100 ℃ and the pressure of 30MPa for 1 hour; after the reaction is completed, the reaction device is cooled to room temperature and slowly depressurized to obtain lycopene ethanol solution with high cis-to-cis ratio; the solution is further subjected to reduced pressure evaporation to remove ethanol, so that a lycopene product with high cis-to-cis ratio is obtained. According to the method of example 1, the total cis-lycopene content of the product was 86.12, the 5Z-lycopene content was 19.59, and the yield was 87%.
Example 4
50Mg of lycopene, 0.40mg of catalyst KI and 20mL of absolute ethyl alcohol are added into a 100mL supercritical CO 2 reaction kettle, and an initial reaction mixed solution is obtained; introducing CO 2 gas from the bottom end of the supercritical reaction kettle to replace oxygen in the reaction kettle; continuously introducing CO 2, closing an air outlet valve, and stirring for reaction at the reaction temperature of 100 ℃ and the pressure of 30MPa for 1 hour; after the reaction is completed, the reaction device is cooled to room temperature and slowly depressurized to obtain lycopene ethanol solution with high cis-to-cis ratio; the solution is further subjected to reduced pressure evaporation to remove ethanol, so that a lycopene product with high cis-to-cis ratio is obtained. According to the detection method in the scheme, the total cis-lycopene relative percentage content in the product is 87.16, wherein the 5Z-lycopene relative percentage content is 20.39, and the yield is 92%.
In comparative example 1, lycopene isomerization was performed under the same conditions as in example 4 without adding a catalyst. The total cis-lycopene content in the product of comparative example 1 was 44.63, wherein the 5Z-lycopene content was 3.16, and the yield was 89%.
In comparative example 2, no catalyst was added, and the reaction time was prolonged from 1 hour to 4 hours based on the test of comparative example 1, and the isomerization reaction of lycopene was performed. The total cis-lycopene content in the product of comparative example 2 was 54.78, the 5Z-lycopene content was 5.16, and the yield was 67%.
As can be seen from comparison of the results obtained in comparative examples 1 and 2 and example 4, the present invention has the advantages of high total cis-lycopene ratio, high yield and short reaction time by using the catalytic isomerization method, and is more suitable for the industrial production requirements, thereby improving the production benefits.
The above embodiments do not limit the technical solutions of the present invention in any way, and all the technical solutions obtained by adopting equivalent substitution or equivalent transformation fall within the protection scope of the present invention.