Chemical Composition of Lipids, Especially Triacylglycerol, in Grape
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Agric. Biol. Chem., 54 (4), 1035-1042, 1990 1035 Chemical Composition of Lipids, Especially Triacylglycerol, in Grape Seeds Masao Ohnishi, Shuji Hirose,* Masayuki Kawaguchi,* Seisuke Ito and Yasuhiko Fujino1 Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro 080, Japan * Tokachi-Ikeda Research Institute for Viticulture and Enology, Ikeda, Hokkaido 083, Japan Received November 13, 1989 Total lipids were extracted from five varieties of grape seeds and systematically analyzed for their chemical compositions. The yields of the total lipids were 10-16 %, and triacylglycerol (TG) usually amounted to c. 90 %of the whole. From a reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatographic analysis, the major molecular species of TGwere shown to be trilinolein (40 %), oleoyldilinolein (21 %) and palmitoyldilinolein (18 %). The component fatty acids were asymmetrically distributed at C-l and C-3 of the TGmolecule. Palmitic acid was exclusively located at the C-l position, although unsaturated fatty acids, especially linoleic acid, were predominant at the C-l position, as at the C-2 and C-3 positions. Compared with TG, higher proportions of palmitic and linolenic acids were generally observed in thirteen other lipid classes isolated from grape seeds, although the fatty acid compositions of the diacylglycerol and free fatty acids were roughly identical with that of TG. As component sterols, sitosterol, campesterol and stigmasterol, especially the former, were predominant. Their relative proportions were somewhatdifferent from each other between the neutral and polar sterol lipids. In the process of wine making, large quan- Europe. It has been reported that grape seed tities of the pomace are produced as by- oils contain large amounts of unsaturated fatty products, which are utilized after fermentation acids such as linoleic and oleic acid, and mainly as a soil conditioner. The effective use sitosterol is the predominant sterol constituent of food processing by-products is essential not in the oils.2~4) However, little is known about only to minimize the production cost, but also the classification of the lipids and their com- to augment limited resources. Grape seeds ponent fatty acids. Especially, there have been which remain unchanged in the pomacerepre- no comprehensive studies on the molecular sent a high protein content. Therefore, the level of TG. A determination of the lipid seeds are considered to be a potential source of composition in grape seeds is an essential edible protein, and a procedure for preparing a foundation on which further examination of protein concentrate has been developed.1'2) such subjects as oil production on an industrial Moreover, grape seeds have been extracted on scale, utilization and nutritional quality can be a small scale to get edible vegetable oils in based. f Present address: Department ofFood Science, Sonoda CampusCollege, Amagasaki, Hyogo 660, Japan. Abbreviations: TG, triacylglycerol; AS, acylsterol; DeMS, desmethylsterol; FFA, free fatty acid; DG, diacylglyc- erol; ASG, acylsterylglycoside; CE, cerebroside; SG, sterylglycoside; DGDG, diglycosyldiacylglycerol; MGDG, monoglycosyldiacylglycerol; PC, phosphatidylcholine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; PI, phosphatidylinositol; APE, acylphosphatidylethanolamine; LAPE, lysoacylphosphatidylethanolamine; LPC, lysophosphatidylcholine; PG, phos- phatidylglycerol; PA, phosphatidic acid; LLL, trilinolein; OLL, oleoyldilinolein; PLL, palmitoyldilinolein; POL, palmitoyloleoyllinolein; SLL, stearoyldilinolein; OOO, triolein; OOL, dioleoyllinolein; POO, palmitoyldiolein; TLC, thin-layer chromatography; GLC, gas-liquid chromatography; HPLC, high-performance liquid chromatography. 1036 M. Ohnishi et al. This paper provides such a background, and with a 163 gas chromatograph (Hitachi Seisakusho Co.) describes the isolation, quantification and equipped with a hydrogen-flame ionization detector. The characterization of the lipid classes, com- column was packed with 5% DEGS on Chromosorb WAW-DMCS,and the column temperature was held at ponent fatty acids and sterols from grape 175C. seeds. The experimental procedures for degradation of AS, ASG and SG were identical to these reported pre- viously.1n On the other hand, the neutral and polar lipid Materials and Methods fractions were, respectively, saponified with I n KOHU) Materials. Grape seeds were collected from the pomace and methanolyzed as already described to obtain the of five varieties of grapes (Campbell Early, Kiyomi, component sterols, originating from AS and DeMSin the Zweigeltrebe, Kanzler and Wild grape), which were har- case of the former fraction and from ASGand SGin that vested in Hokkaido during 1985 and 1986. The pomace of the latter one. The sterols thus liberated were chro- of the Kanzler variety used for white wine production matographed on a column packed with 1.5% OV-17 was immediately separated from the must after pressing, on Chromosorb WAW-DMCS,the column temperature whereas those of the other grapes were obtained after being 250 C. pressing and subsequent fermentation. For a comparison, the seeds were directly collected from fresh grapes (Camp- Analysis of TG. The stereospecific distribution of the bell Early variety). The grape seeds thus obtained were all component fatty acids of TGwas examined according to subjected to air-drying. Brockerhoff. 1 2) To separate the molecular species, TGwas dissolved in Extraction andfractionation of the total lipids. The grape chloroform and then subjected to reversed-phase HPLC seeds were ground to powder (30mesh) and extracted by with a Shimadzu Model 5A instrument. Reversed-phase shaking three times with five volumes of a chloroform- HPLC was carried out on an ERC-ODS-1282 column methanol (2: 1, v/v) solution and with three volumes of (6x250mm) at 30°C, acetone-acetonitrile (64: 36, v/v) water-saturated butanol. The combined extracts were being used as the mobile phase at a flow rate of 1.5 ml/min. washed in water,5} and the chloroform layer was evapo- The chromatograms were monitored by an SPD-24 re- rated to dryness to yield the total lipids. Part of the lip- fractive index detector (Erma Optical Co.) and an SPD-2A ids was applied to a silicic acid column for fractionat- ultraviolet detector (Shimadzu Seisakusho Co.). The TG ing into neutral and polar lipids.6' The total lipids from species fractionated by HPLCwere analyzed by GLCfor the Kiyomivariety were also fractionated into neutral lip- the quantification anddetermination of total carbon num- id, glycolipid and phospholipid fractions by silicic acid bers.13' GLC analysis was carried out with an internal column chromatography, using the successive elution of standard (trimyristin), using Diasolid ZT as the column chloroform, acetone and methanol.7) packing at 320°C. Simultaneously, part of the TG species was methanolyzed as already described to identify the Analysis and isolation of the lipid classes. The com- component fatty acids. ponent lipid classes in each fraction were analyzed by TLC on silica gel G with hexane-diethyl ether-acetic acid (80:20: 1, v/v/v), chloroform-methanol (95 : 12, v/v) and Results chloroform-methanol-water (65 : 16 : 2 and 65 : 25 :4, v/v/ Lipid content and composition v), and their relative proportions were estimated by den- sitometric determination.8) Two-dimensional TLC on As shown in Table I, the yield of total lipids silica gel G was carried out, using chloroform-methanol- from grape seeds ranged from 10 to 16% of the 28% ammonia water (65:36:7, v/v/v) in the first dimen- fresh weight. This distinct difference of lipid sion and chloroform-acetone-methanol-acetic acid-water content amongthe varieties maybe due to the (10:4:2:2: 1, v/v/v/v/v) in the second dimension. The major lipid constituents were separated and purified degree of seed maturity. The lipid content was from the grape seeds by a combination of silicic acid col- highest in the Kiyomi variety and lowest in the umnchromatography, DEAE-Sephadex CL-6B column Campbell Early variety. However, there was chromatography and preparative TLCon silica gel G, as no significant difference in the lipid content described previously.9 10' between seeds collected from the fresh grapes and the pomace. Of the total lipids, the neutral Analysis of component fatty acids and sterols. To de- termine the fatty acid composition, the lipids were heat- lipids usually amountedto morethan 90%. ed under reflux for 2hr with methanolic 3% HC1. Fatty The ratio between the glycolipid and phospho- acid methyl esters were extracted from the methanolyzates lipid fractions was approximately 2 : 1 in the with hexane and analyzed by GLC. GLCwas carried out case of the Kiyomi variety. Lipids in Grape Seeds 1037 The composition of lipid classes from aric acids. Campbell Early seeds is shown in Table II. The (2) Component fatty acids of the lipid classes. major neutral lipid was TG (90% of the neutral The composition of fatty acids in the neutral lipid fraction), with small amounts of AS (4%), lipid classes isolated from Campbell Early free DeMS (3%) and FFA (1%). In addition, seeds is shown in Table IV. The fatty acid DGand methylsterols were found to be pres- profiles of TG and FFA were quite similar to ent as minor components. In the glycolipid that of the total lipids already described. In fraction, ASG (31%), CE (28%), SG (24%) DG, linoleic acid was slightly less and oleic and DGDG (10%) were predominant, some and palmitic acids were richer, compared with minor glycolipids such as MGDG