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. 2009 Dec 22;10(12):5485-5497.
doi: 10.3390/ijms10125485.

Chelation of Cu(II), Zn(II), and Fe(II) by tannin constituents of selected edible nuts

Magdalena Karamać  1
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Chelation of Cu(II), Zn(II), and Fe(II) by tannin constituents of selected edible nuts

Magdalena Karamać. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

The tannin fractions isolated from hazelnuts, walnuts and almonds were characterised by colorimetric assays and by an SE-HPLC technique. The complexation of Cu(II) and Zn(II) was determined by the reaction with tetramethylmurexide, whereas for Fe(II), ferrozine was employed. The walnut tannins exhibited a significantly weaker reaction with the vanillin/HCl reagent than hazelnut and almond tannins, but the protein precipitation capacity of the walnut fraction was high. The SE-HPLC chromatogram of the tannin fraction from hazelnuts revealed the presence of oligomers with higher molecular weights compared to that of almonds. Copper ions were most effectively chelated by the constituents of the tannin fractions of hazelnuts, walnuts and almonds. At a 0.2 mg/assay addition level, the walnut tannins complexed almost 100% Cu(II). The Fe(II) complexation capacities of the tannin fractions of walnuts and hazelnuts were weaker in comparison to that of the almond tannin fraction, which at a 2.5 mg/assay addition level, bound Fe(II) by approximately 90%. The capacity to chelate Zn(II) was quite varied for the different nut tannin fractions: almond tannins bound as much as 84% Zn(II), whereas the value for walnut tannins was only 8.7%; and for hazelnut tannins, no Zn(II) chelation took place at the levels tested.

Keywords: Cu(II); Fe(II); Zn(II); almonds; hazelnuts; metal chelating capacity; tannins; walnuts.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
SE-HPLC chromatograms of tannin fractions of almonds (a), hazelnuts (b) and walnuts (c) as well as standards: 1 - tannic acid, 2 - procyanidin B2, 3 - gallic acid (d).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
UV-spectra of peaks from SE-HPLC chromatograms (Figure 1): (a) - of peak with retention time (tr) 57.0 min of almond tannins separation, (b) - of peak with tr 55.1 min of hazelnut tannins separation, (c) - of peak with tr 55.8 min and (d) - tr 58.0 min of walnut tannins separations.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
Cu(II) chelation capacity of nuts tannin fractions. Results are expressed as means ± standard deviations (n = 3).
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
Zn(II) chelation capacity of nuts tannins fractions. Results are expressed as means ± standard deviations (n = 3).
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Fe(II) chelation capacity of nuts tannin fraction. Results are expressed as means ± standard deviations (n = 3).
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