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IVES 9 IVES Conference Series 9 THE ROLE OF CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDES IN THE EXTRACTION OF ANTHOCYANINS AND TANNINS: RESULTS, PERSPECTIVES OF A MORE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION

THE ROLE OF CELL WALL POLYSACCHARIDES IN THE EXTRACTION OF ANTHOCYANINS AND TANNINS: RESULTS, PERSPECTIVES OF A MORE POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION

Abstract

The composition of grape berry cell walls was studied on two grape varieties, two years and two maturation levels at the same time as the extraction of anthocyanins and tannins. The chemical composition of skins, seeds, and pulps, focused on polyphenols and polysaccharides, was compared to the chemical composition in polyphenols after extraction from the skins in model solutions or after wine making of the berries. Polyphenols were mainly characterized by UPLC-MS and HPLC-SEC. Polysaccharides were characterized by analysis of the neutral sugar compositions, and also by the CoMPP (comprehensive micropolymer profiling) analysis, a new method which targets the functional groups of cell wall polysaccharides.

The extractions rates showed huge differences between the non acylated and the para-coumaroylated anthocyanins. The former were much easier to extract than the latter. Particularily in model solutions, the extraction of p-coumaroylated anthocyanins was almost negligible. The extraction rate of tannins was between those of the two anthocyanin families. Moreover, in wines as in model solutions, the final concentrations in tannins, non acylated and p-coumaroylated anthocyanins showed correlations that did not exist in the berry compositions, suggesting a similar mechanism of extraction associating those three families of polyphenols. According to the CoMPPs, these mechanisms would mainly rely on polysaccharidic families, namely hemicelluloses, homogalacturonans, rhamnogalacturonans, and extensins.

The major role of the cell wall polysaccharides in the extraction of tannins and anthocyanins was confirmed. CoMPPs revealed a much more complex mechanism than expected, e.g. homogalacturonans in skins and pulps associated to an increase and a decrease of the polyphenols extractibilities, respectively. Moreover, our study changed the standpoint on cell wall polysaccharides. Up to now, they were considered as detrimental since they bind polyphenols, and were thus expected to increase losses. But they also release soluble polysaccharides (PRAGs) which contribute positively to the colloidal stability of wines.

1. Boulet, J.C., Abi-Habib, E., Carrillo, S., Roi, S., Veran, F., Verbaere, A., Meudec, E., Rattier, A., Ducasse, M.A., Jorgensen, B. Hansen, J., Le Gall, S., Poncet-Legrand, C., Cheynier, V., Doco, T., Vernhet, A. Focus on the relationships between the cell wall composition in the extraction of anthocyanins and tannins from grape berries. Food Chemistry, 406, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2022.135023

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Publication date: February 9, 2024

Issue: OENO Macrowine 2023

Type: Article

Authors

Jean-Claude Boulet1,2, Elissa Abi-Habib¹, Stéphanie Carrillo¹, Stéphanie Roi¹, Frédéric Veran¹, Arnaud Verbaere1,2, Emmanuelle Meudec1,2, Anais Rattiera², Marie-Agnès Ducasse³, Bodil, Jorgensen⁴, Jeanett Hansen⁴, Sophie Le Gall⁵,⁶, Céline Poncet-Legrand¹, Véronique Cheynier1,2, Thierry Doco¹, Aude Vernhet¹

1. Univ. Montpellier, SPO, INRAE, Institut Agro Montpellier Supagro, 34070 Montpellier, France
2. INRAE, PROBE research infrastructure, PFP polyphenols analysis facility, 34070 Montpellier, France
3. IFV, experimental unit of Pech Rouge, 11430 Gruissan, France
4. Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, 1870 Frederiksberg, Denmark
5. INRAE, UR BIA, 44316 Nantes, France
6. INRAE, PROBE research infrastructure, BIBS biopolymers analysis facility, 44316 Nantes, France

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Keywords

Yeast, New Zealand Pinot noir, Polysaccharides, Chemical profile

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IVES Conference Series | oeno macrowine 2023 | oeno-macrowine

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