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Applications of Direct Analysis in Real Time−Mass Spectrometry (DART-MS) inAlliumChemistry. (Z)-ButanethialS-Oxide and 1-Butenyl Thiosulfinates and TheirS-(E)-1-ButenylcysteineS-Oxide Precursor from Allium siculum

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry2010Vol. 58(2), pp. 1121–1128

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Roman Kubec, Robert B. Cody, A. John Dane, Rabi A. Musah, Jan Schraml, Abith Vattekkatte, Eric Block

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Lachrymatory (Z)-butanethial S-oxide along with several 1-butenyl thiosulfinates was detected by DART mass spectrometry upon cutting Allium siculum , a popular ornamental Allium species used in some cultures as a spice. (Z)-Butanethial S-oxide isolated from the plant was shown to be identical to a synthetic sample. Its likely precursor, (R(S),R(C),E)-S-(1-butenyl)cysteine S-oxide (homoisoalliin), was isolated from homogenates of A. siculum, and a closely related species Allium tripedale , and fully characterized. Through use of LC-MS, a series of related gamma-glutamyl derivatives were tentatively identified in A. siculum and A. tripedale homogenates, including gamma-glutamyl-(E)-S-(1-butenyl)cysteine and its S-oxide, gamma-glutamyl-S-butylcysteine and its S-oxide, and gamma-glutamyl-S-methylcysteine and its S-oxide. Because compounds containing the 1-butenyl group have not been previously identified in genus Allium species, this work extends the range of known Allium sulfur compounds. The general applicability of DART mass spectrometry in identifying naturally occurring, thermally fragile thial S-oxides and thiosulfinates is illustrated with onion, Allium cepa , as well as a plant from a different genus, Petiveria alliacea .

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