Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 134, Issue 2, Pages 926-932Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2012.02.207
Keywords
Cyclodextrin; Flavanone; Inclusion complex; Phase solubility; Quantum chemistry
Funding
- Australian federal government
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31101232, 21166024]
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The inclusion complexation of (2-hydroxypropyl)-cyclodextrins with flavanones was investigated by phase solubility measurements, as well as thermodynamic and quantum chemical methods. Inclusion complexes were formed between (2-hydroxypropyl)-alpha-cyclodextrin (HP-alpha-CD), (2-hydroxypropyl)-beta-cyclodextrin (HP-beta-CD), (2-hydroxypropyl)-gamma-cyclodextrin (HP-gamma-CD) and beta-cyclodextrin (beta-CD) and four flavanones (naringenin, naringin, hesperetin and dihydromyricetin) in aqueous solutions and their phase solubility was determined. For all the flavanones, the stability constants of their complexes formed with different CDs followed the rank order: HP-beta-CD (MW 1540) > HP-beta-CD (MW 1460) > HP-beta-CD (MW 1380) > beta-CD > HP-gamma-CD > HP-alpha-CD. Experimental results and quantum chemical calculations showed that the ability of flavanones to form inclusion complex with (2-hydroxypropyl)-cyclodextrins was determined by both the steric effect and hydrophobicity of the flavanones. For flavanones that have similar molecular volumes, the hydrophobicity of the molecule was the main determining factor of its ability to form inclusion complexes with HP-beta-CD, and the hydrophobicity parameter Log P is highly correlated with the stability constant of the complexes. Results of thermodynamic study demonstrated that hydrophobic interaction is the main driving force for the formation process of the flavanone-CD inclusion complexes. Quantum chemical analysis of the most active hydroxyl groups and HOMO (the highest occupied molecular orbital) showed that the B ring of the flavanones was most likely involved in hydrogen bonding with the side groups in the cavity of the CDs, through which the inclusion complex was stabilised. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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