Title
Deodorization of garlic odor by spearmint, peppermint, and chocolate mint leaves and rosmarinic acid
Date Issued
01 October 2017
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
The Ohio State University
Publisher(s)
Academic Press
Abstract
The deodorization capacity of mint leaves against garlic odor has been linked to their phenolic and enzymatic components. This study determined the deodorizing effect of 3 types of fresh mint leaves (peppermint, spearmint, and chocolate mint) and pure rosmarinic acid on garlic volatiles. Garlic volatiles were measured in the headspace of a sealed bottle containing pre-weighed garlic cloves blended with mint leaves, rosmarinic acid, or a mint leaves-rosmarinic acid mixture, using selected ion flow tube-mass spectrometry (SIFT-MS). All 3 mint leaf cultivars significantly reduced the headspace concentrations of sulfur volatiles in crushed garlic. Although chocolate mint leaves had the highest rosmarinic acid content, peppermint and spearmint leaves were more effective in decreasing the headspace garlic volatiles. Increasing the amount of peppermint leaves (from 1 to 10 g) blended with garlic cloves increased the deodorizing effect. Pure rosmarinic acid significantly reduced the levels of most garlic volatiles, however, the deodorization was not strongly dependent on the amount (2 vs. 40 mg) of rosmarinic acid. Moreover, the mixture of peppermint and rosmarinic acid significantly reduced garlic volatiles as compared to rosmarinic acid alone. This suggests a synergistic effect between other components in peppermint and rosmarinic acid in the deodorization of garlic odor.
Start page
160
End page
167
Volume
84
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Medicina integral, Medicina complementaria
BiotecnologÃa agrÃcola, BiotecnologÃa alimentaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85019983863
Source
LWT
ISSN of the container
00236438
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción CientÃfica
Scopus