Application of chemical reaction detection for analysis of condensed tannins in food and beverages

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: FMBI961282

Project closed

Start date 22 October 1996

End date 21 April 1997

Funded under

• Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Total cost € 0,00

EU contribution No data

Coordinated by

Universidad de Salamanca
Spain

Objective

The importance of bioactive secondary compounds become more and more obvious since physiologists and nutritionists proved their antioxidative and radical scavenging properties as well as their anticancerogenic activity. Among these non-nutritive substances phenolic compounds are currently recognized to contribute to the value of vegetables, fruits and beverages. However, there are only some groups of phenolic compounds which have been investigated on a large scale, such as the hydroxycinnamic acids, flavonols, anthocyanidins. In contrast, the flavan-3-ols (catechins and proanthocyanidins) are so far underestimated since the commonly used analytical procedures are not convenient for their quantification. A new sensitive methode including chemical reaction detection (CRD) combined with HPLC has to be applied for the specific determination of flavan-3ols in plant food stuffs and beverages both fresh and after technological treatment. The qualitative and quantitative distribution of flavanols will be estimated in order to assess the dietary intake and their implication for the consumer's health and wellbeing.

Fields of science

• engineering and technology › other engineering and technologies › food technology
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › horticulture › fruit growing
• agricultural sciences › agriculture, forestry, and fisheries › agriculture › horticulture › vegetable growing
• natural sciences › chemical sciences

Programme(s)

• FP4-TMR - Specific research and technological development programme in the field of the training and mobility of researchers, 1994-1998

Topic(s)

• 0302 - Post-doctoral research training grants
• TL13 - Agriculture and Forestry

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

RGI - Research grants (individual fellowships)

Coordinator

Universidad de Salamanca

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: S/N,Campus Miguel de Unamuno ; 37007 Salamanca ; Spain
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

Not available

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Total cost: No data