Head Space Solid Phase Micro-Extraction (HS - SPME) of volatile organic compounds produced by Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (CBS 2636)

Microextração em Fase Sólida (MEFS) de compostos voláteis produzidos por Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (CBS 2636)

ORIGINAL

Head Space Solid Phase Micro-Extraction (HS - SPME) of volatile organic compounds produced by Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (CBS 2636)

Microextração em Fase Sólida (MEFS) de compostos voláteis produzidos por Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (CBS 2636)

Eunice Valduga^I; Alexsandra Valerio^I; Helen Treichel^I,*; Irajá Nascimento Filho^II; Agenor Fúrigo Júnior^III; Marco Di Luccio^I

^IDepartamento de Engenharia de Alimentos, Universidade Regional Integrada do Alto Uruguai e das Missões - URI, CEP 99700-000, Erechim - RS, Brasil, E-mail: [e-mail]

^IIDepartamento de Física e Quimica, Universidade de Caxias do Sul - UCS

^IIIDepartamento de Engenharia Química, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSC

ABSTRACT

The aim of the present study was the assessment of volatile organic compounds produced by Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (CBS 2636) using methyl and ethyl ricinoleate, ricinoleic acid and castor oil as precursors. The analysis of the volatile organic compounds was carried out using Head Space Solid Phase Micro-Extraction (HS - SPME). Factorial experimental design was used for investigating extraction conditions, verifying stirring rate (0-400 rpm), temperature (25-60 ºC), extraction time (10-30 minutes), and sample volume (2-3 mL). The identification of volatile organic compounds was carried out by Gas Chromatography with Mass Spectrum Detector (GC/MSD). The conditions that resulted in maximum extraction were: 60 ºC, 10 minutes extraction, no stirring, sample volume of 2.0 mL, and addition of saturated KCl (1:10 v/v). In the bio-production of volatile organic compounds the effect of stirring rate (120-200 rpm), temperature (23-33 ºC), pH (4.0-8.0), precursor concentration (0.02-0.1%), mannitol (0-6%), and asparagine concentration (0-0.2%) was investigated. The bio-production at 28 ºC, 160 rpm, pH 6,0 and with the addition of 0.02% ricinoleic acid to the medium yielded the highest production of VOCs, identified as 1,4-butanediol, 1,2,2-trimethylciclopropilamine, beta-ionone; 2,3-butanodione, pentanal, tetradecane, 2-isononenal, 4-octen-3-one, propanoic acid, and octadecane.

Keywords: bio-production; Sporidiobolus salmonicolor; SPME; aroma; experimental design.

RESUMO

O objetivo do presente estudo foi avaliar os compostos orgânicos voláteis produzidos por Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (CBS 2636) utilizando metil e etil ricinoleato, ácido ricinoleico e óleo de mamona como precursores. A análise dos compostos voláteis produzidos foi conduzida por Micro-Extração em Fase Sólida (MEFS). A técnica de planejamento experimental foi utilizada na avaliação das condições de extração, na qual se avaliaram a agitação (0-400 rpm), a temperatura (25-60 ºC), o tempo de extração (10-30 minutos) e o volume da amostra (2-3 mL). A identificação dos compostos foi realizada por Cromatografia a Gás com detecção por Espectrometria de Massas (CG/EM). As condições que resultaram na máxima extração foram: 60 ºC, 10 minutos de extração, sem agitação, volume de amostra de 2,0 mL e adição de solução de KCl saturada (1:10 v/v). Na bioprodução dos compostos voláteis, o efeito da agitação (120-200 rpm), da temperatura (23-33 ºC), do pH (4,0-8,0), da concentração do precursor (0,02 a 0,1%), da concentração de manitol (0 a 6%) e de asparagina (0 a 0,2%) foi avaliado. Na condição de 28 ºC, 160 rpm, pH 6,0 e com a adição de 0,02% de ácido ricinoleico ao meio, foi atingida a máxima produção dos compostos voláteis, identificados como: 1,4-butanodiol, 1,2,2-trimetilciclopropilamina, beta-ionona; 2,3-butanodiona, pentanal, tetradecano, 2-isononenal, 4-octen-3-ona, ácido propanoico e octadecano.

Palavras-chave: bioprodução; Sporidiobolus salmonicolor; SPME; aroma; planejamento de experimentos.

1 Introduction

An aroma is a complex mixture of several volatile organic molecules such as esters, aldehydes, ketones, lactones, alcohols and others. Natural aroma compounds may be obtained by extraction of plant leaves, flowers, and fruits (XIE; SUN; YU, 2006; ZHANG; ZENG; LI, 2006; CAI; LIU; SU, 2001), but they can also be produced by several microorganisms (JANSSENS et al., 1992). However, the bio-production of aroma compounds often results in very low concentration of the Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) in aqueous solutions. The analysis of such dilute solutions of VOC is usually a difficult task. The recovery of the VOC from samples usually involves extraction with an organic solvent, which may imply in some loss of the product of interest and very time consuming procedures (CARASEK; PAWLISZYN, 2006).

An alternative technique for the analysis of VOCs is Solid Phase Micro-Extraction (SPME). This technique is based on the fact that the analytes present in the sample or in its Head Space are absorbed on an extracting phase. The latter consists in a very thin polymeric film immobilised on a fused silica core (PAWLISZYN, 1999).

Three basic extraction procedures may be used in SPME: direct, Head Space, and indirect. In Head Space SPME (HS-SPME) mode, the polymeric film is exposed to the gas phase that lies immediately over the liquid sample. This operation strategy is ideal in the case in which the analytes are volatile enough at the extraction temperature. Additionally, Head Space mode also protects the extracting phase from impurities and allows modification of the sample (pH, ionic strength, etc), without any damage to the polymeric film. Head Space SPME has an advantage of being a non-destructive technique and allows the evaluation of the samples at different experimental conditions (PAWLISZYN, 1999).

This technique has been widely used in phenolic compound analysis (BUCHHOLZS; PAWLISZYN, 1994), aroma compounds found in fruits and juices (ZHANG; ZENG; LI, 2006; LIU; YANG, 2002), volatile compounds found in plant leaves or flowers (XIE; SUN; YU, 2006; PÉREZ et al., 2002; XIONG et al., 2003; KATAOKA; LORD; PAWLISZYN, 2000; BARRIONUEVO; LANÇAS, 2001), and in the analysis of organophosphorous pesticides present in aqueous solutions (BARRIONUEVO; LANÇAS, 2001).

Only few studies dealing with the use of this technique for the analysis of aroma of fermentation broths can be found in literature. Studies about volatile organic compounds produced by Lactobacillus (GOUPRY et al., 2000), Trichoderma harzianum (FIEDLER; SCHUTZ; GEH, 2001), many species of Aspergillus and Penicillium (FIEDLER; SCHUTZ; GEH, 2001) and Staphylococci (VERGNAIS et al., 1998) are reported. The variability of yeast strains in their ability to produce volatile compounds has also been studied using SPME (MAURIELLO et al., 2009). SPME has also been applied to volatile organic compounds analysis in beer and wines (KAFKAS et al., 2005; SALINAS et al., 2004; MALLUCHOS et al., 2002).

In this context, the aim of the present study was the assessment of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) produced by Sporidiobolus salmonicolor (CBS 2636) using methyl and ethyl ricinoleate, ricinoleic acid and castor oil as precursors. The analysis of VOCs was performed by Solid Phase Micro-extraction (SPME) using Head Space method (HS-SPME).

2 Materials and methods

2.1 Bio-production of volatile organic compounds

The inoculum was prepared by transferring a loopful of a stock culture to 100 mL of YM medium (3 g.L^-1 yeast extract, 3 g.L^-1 malt extract, 5 g.L^-1 peptone and 10 g.L^-1 glucose) followed by incubation at 28 ºC, 160 rpm for 12 hours in an orbital shaker. The cell concentration was followed by Optical Density (OD), determined in a spectrophotometer (Agilent, model 8553, SP, Brazil) at 650 nm. The cell suspension was used as inoculum in a concentration of 2% (v/v).

The bio-production of VOCs was carried out in 250 mL Erlenmeyer flasks with 100 mL of cultivation medium. Two media were tested in this study: MYM (modified YM) and YNB (Yeast Nitrogen Base). The modified YM medium consisted of 1 g.L^-1 yeast extract (Vetec - RJ, Brazil), 1 g.L^-1 malt extract (Vetec - RJ, Brazil), 0.5 g.L^-1 bactotryptone (Difco, USA), 15 g.L^-1 glucose, 2 g.L^-1 casaminoacid (Merck, SP, Brazil), 2 g.L^-1 KH₂PO₄ (Synth, RS, Brazil), 0.13 g.L^-1 CaCl₂.2H₂O (Nuclear, RS, Brazil), 0.01 g.L^-1 FeSO₄.7H₂O (Nuclear, RS, Brazil), and 3 g.L^-1 MgSO₄.7H₂O (Synth, RS, Brazil). The YNB medium was acquired from Difco (USA) and consisted of yeast extract (67 g.L^-1), dextrose (50 g.L^-1) without aminoacids, and ammonium sulphate. Both media were tested also with supplementation with mannitol (Sigma, USA) and asparagine (Vetec, RJ, Brazil). The effect of the precursors was investigated by adding methyl ricinoleate, ethyl ricinoleate, castor oil, and ricinoleic acid (all from Brazmo, SP, Brazil, commercial grade) at the end of exponential growth phase. The composition of the fermentation media that yielded the higher amounts of VOCs is presented in Table 1.

2.2 Head Space Solid Phase Micro-Extraction (SPME - HS)

Prior to the extractions, the extracting fibre (Polydimethylsiloxane - PDMS 100 µm, Supelco, USA) was conditioned in the injector of gas chromatograph (GC/MSD, Shimadzu GC17A, QP5050A, Japan) at 250 ºC for 1 hour. For Head Space extractions, 10 mL Head Space vials (Supelco, USA) were used, sealed with rubber septa faced with PTFE (polytetrafluorethylene), and sealed with aluminium seal. Sample vials were constantly stirred on a magnetic stirrer and placed in a temperature controlled water bath (Nova Ética, Mod. 521-3D, SP, Brazil.

The effect of temperature, stirring rate, sample volume, and extraction time on the extraction was evaluated by a 2^4-1 factorial design with 3 central points for the evaluation of experimental error. Studied factors are listed in Table 2. The results were statistically analysed using the Experimental Design tool of Statistica 6.0 (StatSoft, Inc., 2001, www.statsoft.com). The SPME fibre was exposed only after the pre-determined temperature was reached and stabilised. The exposition of the fibre to sample Head Space was carried out for a period of time determined in the experimental design.

Since some yeasts are known as producers of lactones (BLIN-PERRIN et al., 2000), a standard solution of 50 mg.L^-1 of gamma-decalactone (Aldrich, USA), dissolved in YM medium, was used in the experiments for determining the best HS-SPME conditions for the extraction of volatiles from fermentation medium.

The influence of modifiers on the extraction ability of the fibre was also tested by adding solutions of inorganic salts to the sample (KCl, NaCl, Na₂SO₄, and NaH₂PO₄, Vetec, RJ, Brasil) at the ratio 1:10 (v/v) and at concentrations of 5% (w/v), 25% (w/v) and saturated solution.

2.3 Solvent extraction

The solvent extraction of the samples was carried out using the procedure described elsewhere (MARTINS; LEITE; SILVA, 2003) with some modifications. Gamma-decalactone was extracted from samples with 10 mL of dichloromethane (Merck, SP, Brazil) in 40 mL flasks, sealed with PTFE faced rubber septa sealed with aluminium crimp seals (Supelco, USA). Samples were stirred at 150 rpm for 2 hours. The organic phase was separated, dried with anhydrous sodium sulphate (Vetec, RJ, Brazil), and analysed by GC/MSD.

2.4 Identification of volatile compounds

After VOC extraction and concentration by HS-SPME, the fibre was retracted to its support and exposed in the GC injector for 10 minutes, so that the thermal desorption of the volatile organic compounds could take place. The operation parameters for chromatographic analysis were previously determined aiming at the best separation of the studied compounds, as follows: column DB-5 (30 m × 0.25 mm × 0.25 µm, J&W Scientific, USA); column heater temperature: 150 ºC; injector temperature: 280 ºC, splitless, interface temperature: 300 ºC; carrier gas flow (Helium, Analytical grade): 0.6 mL/minute; column heating program: 150 ºC for 3 minutes, increase to 220 ºC (at 3 ºC/minute), and increase to 250 ºC (at 10 ºC/minute), remaining at this temperature for 5 minutes for column purge.

The detector voltage was set to 1.25 kV. The mass spectra of the sample constituents were compared with a spectra library (Wiley 229) compatible with chemical classes of the components under study and by the retention time related to an authentic standard of gamma-decalactone (Aldrich).

2.5 Statistical analysis

All analytical runs were carried out in triplicates. The experimental data was submitted to the analysis of variance (ANOVA) to determine the significant effects. The differences were analysed by the Tukey test for the comparison of means, with a confidence level of 95%, using the software STATISTICA version 6.0 (StatSoft Inc.).

3 Results and discussion

3.1 HS-SPME extraction conditions

The matrix of the 2^4-1 experimental design with the respective responses in terms of area units is presented in Table 3. The highest peak area was obtained at run 4. The results of this experimental design were statistically analysed. The temperature of extraction was the only variable that presented a statistically significant effect (p < 0.05). Based on these results, a new set of experimental runs was carried out to find the best extraction temperature. For this study, the other parameters were set to the -1 level (Table 4).

The temperature that yields the maximum extraction by the fibre was 60 ºC. Higher or lower temperatures led to a decrease in the amount of the compound extracted. Pawliszyn (1999) suggests that the yield of extraction depends on the dynamic equilibrium among the three phases involved in HS-SPME: liquid, gas, and polymer film that are maintained in a closed system at constant temperature. In this case, the higher the temperature, the higher the amount of volatile compounds present in the Head Space, favouring the extraction. While the thermodynamic equilibrium is favourable for the analyte sorption, the polymer film will be enriched in the compound and consequently the peak area will increase. Conversely, the temperature increase also reduces the partition coefficients between the volatile compounds and the polymer films since the sorption process is exothermic. In this case, the equilibrium will be dislocated towards the Head Space (gas phase) causing the decrease detected in the mean area.

Similar results were obtained by Ibáñez et al. (1998) for the optimization of HS-SPME during the identification of volatile organic compounds of fruits (raspberry, strawberry, mango, and banana). These authors tested extractions at 30 and 60 ºC, and extraction times of 15 and 30 minutes. Extractions carried out at 60 ºC for 30 minutes yielded the highest amount of volatile compounds using a PDMS fibre of 100 µm.

The effect of addition of inorganic salts on the extraction of gamma-decalactone is presented in Table 5. The addition of saline solutions to the sample seems to improve the analyte extraction by SPME fibre. The best results were obtained with saturated KCl. However, good results could also be achieved with 5% Na₂SO_4, saturated NaCl, and 25% Na₂SO₄. Depending on the analyte, the sensibility of the method may be improved by the reduction of pH, which keeps the neutral form of the compounds, or by the addition of salts, which will concur with organic ions for the solvation of water molecules. Thus, the organic compounds will not be solvated by water and can be extracted more easily (BUCHHOLZ; PAWLISZYN, 1994).

The results in Table 6 show that the SPME with addition of saturated KCl is more sensible than the solvent extraction technique (1.8 times higher). This observation agrees, for instance, with the reported results of the comparison of SPME and solvent extraction with 6-pentyl-α-pyrone produced by Trichoderma harzianum (MARTINS; LEITE; SILVA, 2003).

3.2 Bio-production of volatile organic compounds

The compounds that were isolated and identified in the medium after the bio-reaction are listed in Table 7 for the different media compositions that were presented in Table 1. The different chromatographic profiles obtained are related to the media composition, mainly to the carbon source. The same behaviour was reported by Welsh, Murray and Willians (1989) that observed that Ceratocystis moniliformis produces banana, citrus, and peach flavour, depending on media composition. After 120 hours, 50 µg of monoterpenes.mg^-1 of cells could be obtained. The yield was increased with a temperature increase using high concentrations of asparagines as nitrogen source.

The highest yield in VOCs was obtained using medium 1 (Table 7) with 0.2% of ricinoleic acid. The major compounds produced in this condition were aldehydes and ketones. The compound 2,3-butanedione is one of the most important di-acetones and of great commercial interest due to its characteristic odour of butter (WELSH; MURRAY; WILLIANS, 1989).

Undecane was identified in the medium 7. According to Lee et al. (2003), undecane is one of the compounds responsible for the aroma of parmesan cheese. The compounds 2,3-butanedione and 2-nonenal are characteristic of peach aroma (DERAIL; HOFMANN; SCHIEBERLE, 1999).

Castor oil did not cause an increase in VOCs production. Heptanal and beta-ionone were the only compounds detected despite the known ability of castor oil to induce aroma production (CHRISTEN et al., 2000).

Some bioreaction conditions also induced the production of pigments (visually detected in media 1-6, 9 and 11). It is worth noting that beta-ionone was also detected in the runs in which the pigment was visually detected. This compound is recognised as the compound resulting from the oxidative degradation of alfa- and beta-carotene (WACHÉ et al., 2003). Beta-ionone has been reported as an aroma compound with fruit and flower aroma characteristics (COOPER; DAVIES; MENARY, 2003; BOVOLENTA et al., 2004). This compound was already found in the aroma of some fruits (IBANÉZ et al., 1998), mango fruit (KATAOKA; LORD; PAWLISZYN, 2000), orange (MAHATTANATAWEE et al., 2005), melon (LAMIKANRA; RICHARD, 2002), tomato (BEZMAN et al., 2003), and wine (SABON et al., 2002).

4 Conclusions

The HS-SPME technique proved to be efficient for the volatile compound extraction from aqueous samples since it is able to extract almost two times more compounds than solvent extraction. The best sorption conditions for 100 µm coated PDMS fibres were 60 ºC, for 30 minutes, without stirring, using a sample volume of 2.5 mL and a saturated KCl solution (1:10 vol/vol). This technique presents advantages of being quick and practical requiring low sample volumes and thus suitable for the analysis of volatile compounds present in fermented broths, mainly in samples with low concentration of the analytes. In addition, it does not use solvents, concentrating samples instead of diluting them, as it often happens when solvent extraction is used.

The production of VOC was directly related to composition of the fermentation media, especially to the carbon source. Using 0.02% ricinoleic acid as carbon source, at 28 ºC, 160 rpm and initial pH 6.0, the following VOCs were found: 1,2,2-trimethylciclopropylamine; beta-ionone; 1,4-butanediol; 2,3-butanedione; pentanal; tetradecane; 2-isononenal; 4-octen-3-one; propanoic acid, and octadecane.

In fermentations carried out with the addition of ricinoleic acid and its derivatives and castor oil as precursors, the bio-production of pigments was also observed. The Beta-ionone compound formed in these experimental runs is related to carotenoid oxidation. Synthesis of such VOC by bioreaction is promising due to its market value, its classification as natural, and low cost of the precursor.

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