Journal
FOODS
Volume 8, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods8120628
Keywords
terpenoids; Vibrio fischeri; toxicity; QSAR; heuristic method
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Funding
- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [PEst-OE/QUI/UI0674/2019]
- Madeira 14-20 Program (project PROEQUIPRAM-Reforco do Investimento em Equipamentos e Infraestruturas Cientificas na RAM) [M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000008]
- ARDITI-Agencia Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigacao Tecnologia e Inovacao [M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000005, Madeira 14-20]
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Terpenoids, including monoterpenoids (C-10), norisoprenoids (C-13), and sesquiterpenoids (C-15), constitute a large group of plant-derived naturally occurring secondary metabolites with highly diverse chemical structures. A quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model to predict terpenoid toxicity and to evaluate the influence of their chemical structures was developed in this study by assessing in real time the toxicity of 27 terpenoid standards using the Gram-negative bioluminescent Vibrio fischeri. Under the test conditions, at a concentration of 1 mu M, the terpenoids showed a toxicity level lower than 5%, with the exception of geraniol, citral, (S)-citronellal, geranic acid, (+/-)-alpha-terpinyl acetate, and geranyl acetone. Moreover, the standards tested displayed a toxicity level higher than 30% at concentrations of 50-100 mu M, with the exception of (+)-valencene, eucalyptol, (+)-borneol, guaiazulene, beta-caryophellene, and linalool oxide. Regarding the functional group, terpenoid toxicity was observed in the following order: alcohol > aldehyde - ketone > ester > hydrocarbons. The CODESSA software was employed to develop QSAR models based on the correlation of terpenoid toxicity and a pool of descriptors related to each chemical structure. The QSAR models, based on t-test values, showed that terpenoid toxicity was mainly attributed to geometric (e.g., asphericity) and electronic (e.g., maximum partial charge for a carbon (C) atom (Zefirov's partial charge (PC)) descriptors. Statistically, the most significant overall correlation was the four-parameter equation with a training coefficient and test coefficient correlation higher than 0.810 and 0.535, respectively, and a square coefficient of cross-validation (Q(2)) higher than 0.689. According to the obtained data, the QSAR models are suitable and rapid tools to predict terpenoid toxicity in a diversity of food products.
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