A study of dynamics of bitter acids and xanthohumol in hop pellets during storage
¹Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources, Department of Chemistry, Kamýcká 129, CZ165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic
²Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Technological Equipment of Buildings, Kamýcká 129, CZ165 00 Prague 6, Czech Republic
*Correspondence: taborsky@af.czu.cz
Abstract:
Eight varieties of hop pellets were analyzed for the contents of α-acids, ß-acids and xanthohumol according to the EBC 7.7 analytical method. The pellets were extracted with acidified mixture methanol – diethylether and analyzed using HPLC with a diode-array detector and a Nova-Pak column C18. Four series of analyses were performed: immediately after the unpacking of the pellets and then after five, seven and nine months of storage at 4 °C. According to the first series of analyses, the contents were assayed as following (α-acids, ß-acids, xanthohumol resp., all in weight % in pellets): Galaxy (13.4, 8.0, 0.74), Citra (11.1, 3.0, 0.48), Tradition (8.2, 8.0, 0.58), Cascade (4.5, 5.2, 0.25), Northern Brewer (4.0, 2.9, 0.37), Sládek (3.5, 4.0, 0.48), Saaz (2.0, 3.4, 0.24), and Triskel (1.7, 3.6, 0.18). According to these results, variety Galaxy was found as the richest in all three parameters. After nine months of storage at 4 °C, the weight loss of α-acids ranged from 4.1% (Citra and Triskel) to 66.4% (Galaxy). The losses of β-acids and xanthohumol were less distinctive (from zero to 31.3% and 25.7%, resp.) and indicated good long storage possibilities of these compounds at convenient conditions (darkness, low temperature, elimination of direct influence of oxygen).
Key words:
hop pellets, hop varieties, HPLC, ß-acids, storage, xanthohumol, α-acids