CA1261855A - Derivatives of d-amino acids having anti-microbial properties - Google Patents
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Abstract
TITLE
DERIVATIVES OF D-AMINO ACIDS HAVING ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES
INVENTORS
Alenka Paquet Khalil Rayman ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSURE
N-acyl-D-amino acid derivatives having anti-microbial activity, particularly against organisms such as Clostridium botulinum have been developed. These compounds may be used in conjunction and in admixture with other food additives.
DERIVATIVES OF D-AMINO ACIDS HAVING ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES
INVENTORS
Alenka Paquet Khalil Rayman ABSTRACT OF DISCLOSURE
N-acyl-D-amino acid derivatives having anti-microbial activity, particularly against organisms such as Clostridium botulinum have been developed. These compounds may be used in conjunction and in admixture with other food additives.
Description
8~ . - 2 - 32~7-179 FIELD ON THE INVENTION
This invention relates to means of controlling growth of Clostridiu~
botulinum in manufactured or processed foods using N-acyl-D-amino acid derivatiyes, preferentially in combination with the minimum amounts of sodium nitrite necessary to produce satisfying color and taste.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
This inven~ion relates to means to control growth of Clostridium botulinum in certain food products. There have been numerous methods'designed to control botulinum bacteria r_ Mechanism of antim;crobial effect of various food preservatives (Ed. N. Molin), Almquist and Wiksel, Stockholm 1964. p.
1]. Sodium nitrite has been widely used for this purpose. ~Gray, J.I., and C.J. Randall. J. Food Protection 42, 168 (1979);. In the Health Effects of Nitrate, Nitr;te and N-Nitroso Compounds, Study by the Comnittee on Nitrite and Alternative Curing Agents in Foods Part 1. ~lationai Academy Press.
Washington, D.C. 1981].
The possibil~ity of formation of carcinogenic~nitrosamines during cooking of nitrite cured meats led to a search for alternatives to nitrite or an adjunct which would reduce the nitrite content in meats. Some of the~
promising alternatives incl~ude irradiation [Rowley, n~B~ et al.~ J. Food 5ci.
48, 1016, (1982~ use~of Lactobacil~lus;cultures to reduce product pil rTanaka, N. et al. J.~Food Protect;on~43,~450,~(1980)] use of sulfur dioxide [Tompkin, R.B. et al.~ App1.~Environ.~Mi~crobiol, 39, 1096, ;. ~
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(1980)] use of sodium hypophosfite ~Banner, R.J. Food ~nglneering 53 130, (1980)] and fumarate esters ~huntanen, C.N. 41st Annual Meeting of Institute of Food Technologlsts. June 1981. Atlanta Ga.) One of the most efficient agents proposed as a partial sodium nitrite replacement is potassium sorbate or sorbic acid [Sofos, J.N. and Busta, F.F. Food Technol. 24, 244 (1980), Busta, F.F. Food Technol. of Australia 34, 529 (1982)], Blocher, J.C. et al, J. Food Sci. 47, 405 (1981)]. Ueno, R.N. et al. U.S. Pat.
4,299,852 (1981), Ueno, R.N. et al, U.S. Pat. 4,342,789 (1982).
However, recent reports show that mutagenicity was detected in some food preparations aured with the sorbic acid-sodium nitrite mixtures [Khoudokormoff, B. International Symposium on the Chemical Toxicology of Food. June 1978. Milan, Italy.
Khoudokormoff, B. Fed. Cosmet. Toxicol. 19, 405-407 (1981)].
Reports on mutagenicity of sorbic acid itself in wine and curing brines have also emerged [Lafout, M.G. and Lafout, S.P. Med. Nutr.
15, 195 (1979)]. There is, ther~efore a need for the preservatives which do not have these side effects.
This invention provides N-acylamino acids o~ the formula, X - CO - NH - Y
wherein X, when taken in conjunctlon with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y, when taken in conjunction with the NH group, is a D-amino acld or glycine moiety,~or a food~tuff acceptable salt thereof, other than glycyl D-alanine, aaetyl D-tryptophan, acetyl D-methionine, acetyl D-valine~and acetyl D-alanine.
Preferably X does not contain any NH2 ~roups and ~B- :
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632~7-17g preferably the carbon atom of the carbonyl group is attached to another carbon atom. X may be a saturated moiety, so that, for example, ~CO may be lauroyl, myristoyl or palmitoyl, or X may be unsaturated so that XCO ls, for example, sorbyl.
X is preferably, selected ~rom the group consisting of sorbyl or fatty acyl (C8-C24). Y is preferably an a-D-amino acid and suitable examples can be selected form the group consisting of D-alanine, D-tryptophan, D-methionine, D-valine and D-aspar~ic acid.
This invention also provides salts of such compounds suitable for use in foodstuf~s. Mention is made of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts, of which sodium and potassium salts are generally preferred.
Compounds of the above referenced type may be used in combination with a ~ood product and when so employed preferably present at a concantration of at least 2,600 ppm by weight. Such compounds may be used in combination with food grade nitrltes.
The invention therefore also provides a;~composition according to claim 26 wherein the active ingredient comprises N-sorbyl-D-tryptophan, N-so~rbyl-D-alanine, N-sorbyl-D-valine, N-sorbyl-D-methionlne, N-sorbyl-D-aspartic acld, Palmltoyl-D-~ryptophan, Myrlstoyl-D-aspartic~acid or Hexanoyl-D-alanine.
These compounds may;further be used~ in~Dethods for control of microorganisms in ~ood products, particularly mea~-containing products ~and especially red meat-containing products.
Such a method compris~s incorporating at least about~2600 ppm of such a compound to suah a food produc~. In such a compound the ~ ; 4 ~6~
63247-17g X - C0 group is preferably sorbyl and the NH - Y group is preferably D-tryptophan. The compound is preferably, combined with addition of 60 ppm o~ sodium nitrlte ~o enhance ac~ivity and to maintain desirable colour and taste for consumers satis~action.
The above compound has additional advantage of being stable towards intestinal peptidases which suggests that such food additive will not be metabollzed.
Preferred means for practising the invention comprise:
(a) acylation of D-amino acids by sorbic acid, succinimidyl esters or any other active ester such pentachlorophenyl, penta~luorophenyl, or by sorbyl chloride or sorbic anhydride.
(b) recovering the N-sorbylamino acid as product.
(c) incorporatlng the~derivative or the salt (sodium or potassium thereof) optionally in combination with sodium nitrite, in to a desired~processed or manufactured food product such food product belng for ex~ample sausages,~canDed m~lnced~meat~products, corned beef, luncheon meats, meat products commlnuted and stuffed into casings. ;
It can be~se;en~that the~ present ~lnv~entlon descrlbes~the advantageous use of non-mutagenic amino acid derivatives of sorbic acid as potent food~preservatlves.~Such use represents replacement of the applicatlon of high~levels of sodlum ni~trite~
(150 ppm) or the pote~ntlally~mutagenic~mlxture~of ~ 4a~
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~: , : ~ : -potassium sorbate and sodium nitrite. The named compounds are easily and inexpensive~y obtainable, stable at any pH or temperature in most food applicat;ons where preservation against Clostridium botulinum outgrowth is required.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
CHEMICAL SYNTHESES
Material and methods Melting points (uncorrected) were taken by the capillary method. The NMR
spectra were recorded on a Yarian T-60 spectrometer. Optical rotations were determined on Perkin-Elmer 141 polarimeter. Amino acids were purchased from Sigma Chemical Company (Sainl; Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.). Characterizing data for some compounds of the invention are given in Table 1.
Succinimidyl sorbate To a suspension of N-hydroxysuccinimide (36.87g, 0.32~mole) and sorbic acid (35.92g, 0.32 mole) in methylene chioride (200mL) was added l-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodi1mide (61.42g, 0.32 mole) dissolved in methylene chloride (140mL). The mixt~re was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours and then kept overnight at 0C. The mixture was extracted 3 times with 10% citric~ acid, 3 times with saturated~sodium bicarbonate~so1ution and with water till neutrality. The semicrystalline~residue (66.0g, 9~.6%) was recrystallized~from methylene chloride-diethyl ether giving 55.0 and 5.29 (91.4%) of the crystal~line title compound. M.p. 104C. Analysis calculated for CloHl1 ~04(2n9.18): C~, 57.4,~H,~5.3; N. 6.7. Found: C, 57.0; H, ::
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NMR, : 7.46 (lH, m, C3), 6.33 (2H, m, C4 and C5), 5.93 (lH, d, C2), 2.88 (4H, -s, 2CH2 succinimidyl moiety), 1.9 (3H, d, CH3) (CDC13).
Sorbyl-D-tryptophan To a suspension of D-tryptophan (20.439, 0.1 mole) and sodium bicarbonate (12.69, 0.15 mole) in water (200mL) and acetone (lOOmL) was added succinimidyl sorbate (20.92g, 0.1 mole) in acetone (lOOmL) in 3 portions. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight, acidified to pH 4.5 and acetone removed by distillation. The pH was adjusted to 2, the crystalline product was separated by filtration, washed with distilled water (till neutrality of the filtrate) and recrystallized from the mixture of ethanol with water giving 25.929 (87%) of the title compound.
DEMONST MTIO~ OF UTILITIY OF THE COMPOUNDS
Materials and Methods Organism Five type A strains of Clostrldium botulinum, 6A, 17A, 62A, CK2A, and 317121A, and five type B strains, lBl, 368B,~462B, 13982B and MRB were used throughout these studles. Spores were prepared by the method of Schmldt et al. ~J. Food Sci. 27, 77 (1962)3 and enumerated on Wynne agar supplemented with egg yolk ~Hauschild, A.H.W.~et al. J. Food Prot. 45, 500 ~1982)3.
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To fresh minced pork meat ~two parts of 3% NaCl solution were added to ~: : : : .` ~ : ::
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, `` ~ _ 7 _ obtain a final concentration of 2~ brine. Compounds to be tested were added in powdered form as potassium salts to the slurries in final amounts of .
0.26%. A mixture of approximately 200 botu1inum spores were added per lmL of slurry unless indicated otherwise. The spore mixture compr;sed an approximately equal number of each of the five type A and five type B strains of C. botulinum. The meat slurry was blended for one minute, the pH adjusted (values indi~cated at the tables), and blended for an additional minute. Then the slurry was dispensed in 10 ml volumes to sterile 16 X 150mm test tubes, processed to 70C, cooled and sealed as described by Rayman et al ~App.
Environ. Microbiol. 41, 375 (1981?]. Five tubes of slurries were abused by incubating at 25C for 56 days or until growth was observed as evidenced by gas production.
Antibotulinal effect of N-acyl-D-amino acids A series of N-acyl-D-amino acids were tested using the above described technique in the presence or absence of 60 ppm of sodium nitrite: it can be seen that derivatives of D-tryptophan in conjunction with 60 ppm of sodium nitrite~ as well as myristoyl-D-aspartc acld and glycyl-D-alanine exhibited the highest inhibition. The results are presented in Table 2.
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Comparison of the activity of sorbyl-D-tryptophan with its L-isomer ~ Meat slurries were treated with 0.26~ of either sorbyl-D-tryptophan or sorbyl-L-tryptophan converted into potassium salts. The results in Table 3 indicate superior inhibltion of spore outgrowth;by the N-acyl-D-amino acid derivative; sorbyl-D-tryptophan inhibited outgrowth over the entire 56 days of abuse, whereas, its L-isomer inhibited outgrowth for an average of 11 days which was only sllghtly l~onger than~60 ppm nitrite a1one or in combination with 0.26X D-tryptophdn~
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Comparison of the activity of sorbyl-D-tryptophan with control experiments.
Results of the control experiments carried out with 150 ppm of sodium `
nitrite and 0.26~ of potassium sorbate are shown in the Table 4.
Effect of pH on inhibition of spore outgrowth Sorbyl-D-tryptophan which showed the greatest inhibition of spore outgrowth, was selected for further testing. This compound at a final concentration of 0.26% was added individually to inoculated pork slurrieS
containing 60 ppm nitrite and adjusted to pH 5.8 or 6Ø The results in Table S indicate a decrease in effectiveness of the compound to inhibit spore outgrowth as the pH increased.
Contribution of D-tryptophan to inhibitory activity The sorbic acid and D-tryptophan moieties contribute 32.46% and 59.12% of the weight respectively to sorbyl-D-tryptophan. The experiments shown in Table 6 were performed to determine whether the moieties separately and in proportions equivalen~ to those present in the N-acylamino acid compound ~ould effect the same degree of spore outgrowth inhibition as the derivatized amino acids. The results indicate a reduction in the inhibitory effects of the individual moieties applied as~potassium salts in such final concentration in the slurries which corresponded to their molar proportions in the N-acylamino acid molecule and urplylng altogether 0.26% of the growth 1nhibttor.
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POTENTIAL OF THE COMPOU~IDS
UNDER STUDY
Compounds of this type with this utility should be examined for mutagenic potential as part of the process of selection of a preferred co~pound or set of compounds.
Materials and methods .
The salmonella/microsome assay was used for this study according to Mason, D.M, and Ames, B.N. ~ut. Research 113, 173, 1983. A modification of the standard pla`te incorporation assay3 the so-called "preincubation" assay was also employed. In this method the bacteria and test chemicals were preincubated for 20 minutes at 37C before plating. Salmomella typhimurium strains TA 97, TA 98 and TA lOO were used.~ For metabollc activdtion, liver homogenates prepared from rats induced with~aroclor 1~254 were~employed.
Results are expressed dS average number of revertant colonies~per plate~
calculated from duplicate assay plates.
The results of the mutagenicity as~says on the test compounds are preseoted in Tables 7a,~7b. AIl~ test substances~gave negatlve~responses,~l.é., no increases in the number of revertants~;above the~negative controi jsolvent~
wère observed. ;Table 7c shows the positive mutd~gens empl~oyed~with each~as~say~
and their mutagenic activlties.
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This invention relates to means of controlling growth of Clostridiu~
botulinum in manufactured or processed foods using N-acyl-D-amino acid derivatiyes, preferentially in combination with the minimum amounts of sodium nitrite necessary to produce satisfying color and taste.
BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION
This inven~ion relates to means to control growth of Clostridium botulinum in certain food products. There have been numerous methods'designed to control botulinum bacteria r_ Mechanism of antim;crobial effect of various food preservatives (Ed. N. Molin), Almquist and Wiksel, Stockholm 1964. p.
1]. Sodium nitrite has been widely used for this purpose. ~Gray, J.I., and C.J. Randall. J. Food Protection 42, 168 (1979);. In the Health Effects of Nitrate, Nitr;te and N-Nitroso Compounds, Study by the Comnittee on Nitrite and Alternative Curing Agents in Foods Part 1. ~lationai Academy Press.
Washington, D.C. 1981].
The possibil~ity of formation of carcinogenic~nitrosamines during cooking of nitrite cured meats led to a search for alternatives to nitrite or an adjunct which would reduce the nitrite content in meats. Some of the~
promising alternatives incl~ude irradiation [Rowley, n~B~ et al.~ J. Food 5ci.
48, 1016, (1982~ use~of Lactobacil~lus;cultures to reduce product pil rTanaka, N. et al. J.~Food Protect;on~43,~450,~(1980)] use of sulfur dioxide [Tompkin, R.B. et al.~ App1.~Environ.~Mi~crobiol, 39, 1096, ;. ~
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(1980)] use of sodium hypophosfite ~Banner, R.J. Food ~nglneering 53 130, (1980)] and fumarate esters ~huntanen, C.N. 41st Annual Meeting of Institute of Food Technologlsts. June 1981. Atlanta Ga.) One of the most efficient agents proposed as a partial sodium nitrite replacement is potassium sorbate or sorbic acid [Sofos, J.N. and Busta, F.F. Food Technol. 24, 244 (1980), Busta, F.F. Food Technol. of Australia 34, 529 (1982)], Blocher, J.C. et al, J. Food Sci. 47, 405 (1981)]. Ueno, R.N. et al. U.S. Pat.
4,299,852 (1981), Ueno, R.N. et al, U.S. Pat. 4,342,789 (1982).
However, recent reports show that mutagenicity was detected in some food preparations aured with the sorbic acid-sodium nitrite mixtures [Khoudokormoff, B. International Symposium on the Chemical Toxicology of Food. June 1978. Milan, Italy.
Khoudokormoff, B. Fed. Cosmet. Toxicol. 19, 405-407 (1981)].
Reports on mutagenicity of sorbic acid itself in wine and curing brines have also emerged [Lafout, M.G. and Lafout, S.P. Med. Nutr.
15, 195 (1979)]. There is, ther~efore a need for the preservatives which do not have these side effects.
This invention provides N-acylamino acids o~ the formula, X - CO - NH - Y
wherein X, when taken in conjunctlon with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y, when taken in conjunction with the NH group, is a D-amino acld or glycine moiety,~or a food~tuff acceptable salt thereof, other than glycyl D-alanine, aaetyl D-tryptophan, acetyl D-methionine, acetyl D-valine~and acetyl D-alanine.
Preferably X does not contain any NH2 ~roups and ~B- :
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X is preferably, selected ~rom the group consisting of sorbyl or fatty acyl (C8-C24). Y is preferably an a-D-amino acid and suitable examples can be selected form the group consisting of D-alanine, D-tryptophan, D-methionine, D-valine and D-aspar~ic acid.
This invention also provides salts of such compounds suitable for use in foodstuf~s. Mention is made of alkali metal and alkaline earth metal salts, of which sodium and potassium salts are generally preferred.
Compounds of the above referenced type may be used in combination with a ~ood product and when so employed preferably present at a concantration of at least 2,600 ppm by weight. Such compounds may be used in combination with food grade nitrltes.
The invention therefore also provides a;~composition according to claim 26 wherein the active ingredient comprises N-sorbyl-D-tryptophan, N-so~rbyl-D-alanine, N-sorbyl-D-valine, N-sorbyl-D-methionlne, N-sorbyl-D-aspartic acld, Palmltoyl-D-~ryptophan, Myrlstoyl-D-aspartic~acid or Hexanoyl-D-alanine.
These compounds may;further be used~ in~Dethods for control of microorganisms in ~ood products, particularly mea~-containing products ~and especially red meat-containing products.
Such a method compris~s incorporating at least about~2600 ppm of such a compound to suah a food produc~. In such a compound the ~ ; 4 ~6~
63247-17g X - C0 group is preferably sorbyl and the NH - Y group is preferably D-tryptophan. The compound is preferably, combined with addition of 60 ppm o~ sodium nitrlte ~o enhance ac~ivity and to maintain desirable colour and taste for consumers satis~action.
The above compound has additional advantage of being stable towards intestinal peptidases which suggests that such food additive will not be metabollzed.
Preferred means for practising the invention comprise:
(a) acylation of D-amino acids by sorbic acid, succinimidyl esters or any other active ester such pentachlorophenyl, penta~luorophenyl, or by sorbyl chloride or sorbic anhydride.
(b) recovering the N-sorbylamino acid as product.
(c) incorporatlng the~derivative or the salt (sodium or potassium thereof) optionally in combination with sodium nitrite, in to a desired~processed or manufactured food product such food product belng for ex~ample sausages,~canDed m~lnced~meat~products, corned beef, luncheon meats, meat products commlnuted and stuffed into casings. ;
It can be~se;en~that the~ present ~lnv~entlon descrlbes~the advantageous use of non-mutagenic amino acid derivatives of sorbic acid as potent food~preservatlves.~Such use represents replacement of the applicatlon of high~levels of sodlum ni~trite~
(150 ppm) or the pote~ntlally~mutagenic~mlxture~of ~ 4a~
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
CHEMICAL SYNTHESES
Material and methods Melting points (uncorrected) were taken by the capillary method. The NMR
spectra were recorded on a Yarian T-60 spectrometer. Optical rotations were determined on Perkin-Elmer 141 polarimeter. Amino acids were purchased from Sigma Chemical Company (Sainl; Louis, Missouri, U.S.A.). Characterizing data for some compounds of the invention are given in Table 1.
Succinimidyl sorbate To a suspension of N-hydroxysuccinimide (36.87g, 0.32~mole) and sorbic acid (35.92g, 0.32 mole) in methylene chioride (200mL) was added l-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl) carbodi1mide (61.42g, 0.32 mole) dissolved in methylene chloride (140mL). The mixt~re was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours and then kept overnight at 0C. The mixture was extracted 3 times with 10% citric~ acid, 3 times with saturated~sodium bicarbonate~so1ution and with water till neutrality. The semicrystalline~residue (66.0g, 9~.6%) was recrystallized~from methylene chloride-diethyl ether giving 55.0 and 5.29 (91.4%) of the crystal~line title compound. M.p. 104C. Analysis calculated for CloHl1 ~04(2n9.18): C~, 57.4,~H,~5.3; N. 6.7. Found: C, 57.0; H, ::
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Sorbyl-D-tryptophan To a suspension of D-tryptophan (20.439, 0.1 mole) and sodium bicarbonate (12.69, 0.15 mole) in water (200mL) and acetone (lOOmL) was added succinimidyl sorbate (20.92g, 0.1 mole) in acetone (lOOmL) in 3 portions. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight, acidified to pH 4.5 and acetone removed by distillation. The pH was adjusted to 2, the crystalline product was separated by filtration, washed with distilled water (till neutrality of the filtrate) and recrystallized from the mixture of ethanol with water giving 25.929 (87%) of the title compound.
DEMONST MTIO~ OF UTILITIY OF THE COMPOUNDS
Materials and Methods Organism Five type A strains of Clostrldium botulinum, 6A, 17A, 62A, CK2A, and 317121A, and five type B strains, lBl, 368B,~462B, 13982B and MRB were used throughout these studles. Spores were prepared by the method of Schmldt et al. ~J. Food Sci. 27, 77 (1962)3 and enumerated on Wynne agar supplemented with egg yolk ~Hauschild, A.H.W.~et al. J. Food Prot. 45, 500 ~1982)3.
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0.26%. A mixture of approximately 200 botu1inum spores were added per lmL of slurry unless indicated otherwise. The spore mixture compr;sed an approximately equal number of each of the five type A and five type B strains of C. botulinum. The meat slurry was blended for one minute, the pH adjusted (values indi~cated at the tables), and blended for an additional minute. Then the slurry was dispensed in 10 ml volumes to sterile 16 X 150mm test tubes, processed to 70C, cooled and sealed as described by Rayman et al ~App.
Environ. Microbiol. 41, 375 (1981?]. Five tubes of slurries were abused by incubating at 25C for 56 days or until growth was observed as evidenced by gas production.
Antibotulinal effect of N-acyl-D-amino acids A series of N-acyl-D-amino acids were tested using the above described technique in the presence or absence of 60 ppm of sodium nitrite: it can be seen that derivatives of D-tryptophan in conjunction with 60 ppm of sodium nitrite~ as well as myristoyl-D-aspartc acld and glycyl-D-alanine exhibited the highest inhibition. The results are presented in Table 2.
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Results of the control experiments carried out with 150 ppm of sodium `
nitrite and 0.26~ of potassium sorbate are shown in the Table 4.
Effect of pH on inhibition of spore outgrowth Sorbyl-D-tryptophan which showed the greatest inhibition of spore outgrowth, was selected for further testing. This compound at a final concentration of 0.26% was added individually to inoculated pork slurrieS
containing 60 ppm nitrite and adjusted to pH 5.8 or 6Ø The results in Table S indicate a decrease in effectiveness of the compound to inhibit spore outgrowth as the pH increased.
Contribution of D-tryptophan to inhibitory activity The sorbic acid and D-tryptophan moieties contribute 32.46% and 59.12% of the weight respectively to sorbyl-D-tryptophan. The experiments shown in Table 6 were performed to determine whether the moieties separately and in proportions equivalen~ to those present in the N-acylamino acid compound ~ould effect the same degree of spore outgrowth inhibition as the derivatized amino acids. The results indicate a reduction in the inhibitory effects of the individual moieties applied as~potassium salts in such final concentration in the slurries which corresponded to their molar proportions in the N-acylamino acid molecule and urplylng altogether 0.26% of the growth 1nhibttor.
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POTENTIAL OF THE COMPOU~IDS
UNDER STUDY
Compounds of this type with this utility should be examined for mutagenic potential as part of the process of selection of a preferred co~pound or set of compounds.
Materials and methods .
The salmonella/microsome assay was used for this study according to Mason, D.M, and Ames, B.N. ~ut. Research 113, 173, 1983. A modification of the standard pla`te incorporation assay3 the so-called "preincubation" assay was also employed. In this method the bacteria and test chemicals were preincubated for 20 minutes at 37C before plating. Salmomella typhimurium strains TA 97, TA 98 and TA lOO were used.~ For metabollc activdtion, liver homogenates prepared from rats induced with~aroclor 1~254 were~employed.
Results are expressed dS average number of revertant colonies~per plate~
calculated from duplicate assay plates.
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wère observed. ;Table 7c shows the positive mutd~gens empl~oyed~with each~as~say~
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Am~no acld N1tr~te Average no. of days der~vative *** (60ppm~ for ~rowth **
None - 5 None + 7 Sorbyl-L-tryptophan + ll Sorbyl-D-tryptophan + >56 D-tryptophan + 8 * Pork slurrles ~noculated with approx1nlately lO0 mixed botul~num spores per ml conta~ned 2% NaCl and~processed to 70C pH 5.8.
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Compound tested* Range of days Av. no. of days _ _for growth __ for_qrowth **
Sorbyl-D-tryptophan 11- >56 27 (6) ***
~otassium sorbate 9- >56 18 (10) 150 ppm of sodium nitrite - 22- >56 39 (1) * Pork slurries inoculated with app~oximately 200 mixed botulinum spores per 1 ml. contain 2~ NaCl and, except - for the 150 ppm nitrite treatment, 60 ppm of sodium nitrite and 0.26~ of the compound under test.
** To calculate number of days, >56 was taken as 56 days for growth to occur.
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Compound tested *pH of pork Range of days Av no. of days slurry for growth for qrowth **
Sorbyl-D-tryptophan 5.8 11-~56 27 ~6)~**
6.0 6-41 18 ~4) Potass~um sorbate 5.8 9->56 18 (10) 6.0 7-12 10 (2) 150 ppm nltrlte 5.8 22-~56 39 (1) 6.0 20->56 30 (1) * Pork slurr~es ~noculted w1th approx~mately 200 m~xed botullnum spores per 1 mL contalned 2% NaCl and, except for the 150 ppm n1tr~te treatement,:60 ppm nitr~te and 0.26~ of a compound.
*~ To calculate average number of days, >56 was taken as 56 days for growth to occur.
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Compound tested **~ Range of days for . Av. no. of days _ __ for growth for growth **
Sorbyl-D-tryptophan 11-~56 24 Potass~um sorbate 8-13 '0 Potasslum sorbate (o.lo%) plus D-tryptophan (0.16%) 8-11 10 * Pork slurr~es ~noculated w1th approx~mately 200 m~xed botul~num spores per ml conta~n 2% NaCl and 60 ppm n1tr~te pH 5.8.
** See footnote to Table 3.
*** The ftrst two compounds were used at a f1nal concentrat1On of 0.26%.
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Compound tested* Range of days Av. no. of days _ _for growth __ for_qrowth **
Sorbyl-D-tryptophan 11- >56 27 (6) ***
~otassium sorbate 9- >56 18 (10) 150 ppm of sodium nitrite - 22- >56 39 (1) * Pork slurries inoculated with app~oximately 200 mixed botulinum spores per 1 ml. contain 2~ NaCl and, except - for the 150 ppm nitrite treatment, 60 ppm of sodium nitrite and 0.26~ of the compound under test.
** To calculate number of days, >56 was taken as 56 days for growth to occur.
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Compound tested *pH of pork Range of days Av no. of days slurry for growth for qrowth **
Sorbyl-D-tryptophan 5.8 11-~56 27 ~6)~**
6.0 6-41 18 ~4) Potass~um sorbate 5.8 9->56 18 (10) 6.0 7-12 10 (2) 150 ppm nltrlte 5.8 22-~56 39 (1) 6.0 20->56 30 (1) * Pork slurr~es ~noculted w1th approx~mately 200 m~xed botullnum spores per 1 mL contalned 2% NaCl and, except for the 150 ppm n1tr~te treatement,:60 ppm nitr~te and 0.26~ of a compound.
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Compound tested **~ Range of days for . Av. no. of days _ __ for growth for growth **
Sorbyl-D-tryptophan 11-~56 24 Potass~um sorbate 8-13 '0 Potasslum sorbate (o.lo%) plus D-tryptophan (0.16%) 8-11 10 * Pork slurr~es ~noculated w1th approx~mately 200 m~xed botul~num spores per ml conta~n 2% NaCl and 60 ppm n1tr~te pH 5.8.
** See footnote to Table 3.
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~oncenlration l~e~/ertants/p~late ~plate lA 97 S --------- ~~S9--~---~~-~ S-9~
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Claims (29)
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. An N-acylamino acid of the formula:
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y when taken in conjunction with NH group, is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a foodstuff acceptable salt thereof, other than glycyl D-alanine, acetyl D-tryptophan, acetyl D-methionine, acetyl D-valine and acetyl D-alanine.
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y when taken in conjunction with NH group, is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a foodstuff acceptable salt thereof, other than glycyl D-alanine, acetyl D-tryptophan, acetyl D-methionine, acetyl D-valine and acetyl D-alanine.
2. The compound of claim 1 wherein the acyl moiety has from 8 to 24 carbon atoms.
3. The compound of claim 1 wherein XCO is selected from the group consisting of sorbyl-, lauroyl-, and myrisotyl-, and palmitoyl-groups and Y, together with the NH group, is selected from the group consisting of D-alanine, D-tryptophan, glycine, D-valine and D-aspartic acid.
4. A composition comprising an N-acylamino acid of the formula:
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y when taken in conjunction with the NH group is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a suitable salt thereof, in combination with a selected food product.
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y when taken in conjunction with the NH group is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a suitable salt thereof, in combination with a selected food product.
5. The composition of claim 4 wherein at least 2600 ppm of the N-acylamino acid is present.
6. A composition comprising an N-acylamino acid of the formula:
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X, when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y, when taken in conjunction with the NH group is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a suitable salt thereof, in combination with a food grade nitrite.
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X, when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y, when taken in conjunction with the NH group is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a suitable salt thereof, in combination with a food grade nitrite.
7. A food product in combination with the composition of claim 6 wherein at least about 2600 ppm of the N-acyl-D-amino acid is present.
8. The food product of claim 7 wherein at least about 60 ppm of food grade nitrite is present.
9. The compound of claim 1 in salt form with sodium or potassium.
10. N-sorbyl-D-tryptophan.
11. N-sorbyl-D-alanine.
12. N-sorbyl-D-valine.
13. N-sorbyl-D-methionine.
14. N-sorbyl-D-aspartic acid.
15. Palmitoyl-D-tryptophan.
16. Myristoyl-D-aspartic acid.
17. Hexanoyl-D-alanine.
18. A method for control of microorganisms in a food product comprising incorporating an effective amount of an N-acyl-amino acid of the formula:
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X, when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y, when taken in conjunction with the NH group is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a suitable salt thereof, to said food product.
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X, when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety and Y, when taken in conjunction with the NH group is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a suitable salt thereof, to said food product.
19. The method of claim 18 wherein said food product is a meat-containing product.
20. The method of claim 19 wherein said meat containing product is a canned minced meat product.
21. The method of claim 19 wherein the said meat product is a comminuted meat product stuffed in casings.
22. The method of claim 19 wherein the said meat product is sausage.
23. The method of claim 19 wherein said meat-containing product is a red-meat containing product, the compound is selected from the group having an acyl moiety selected from sorbic acid or a fatty acid having a C8-C24 chain and a D-amino acid moiety selected from D-alanine, D-tryptophan, D-methionine, D-valine and D-aspartic acid.
24. The method of claim 22 wherein said N-acylamino acid is incorporated in combination with a food grade nitrite.
25. A process for preparing an N-acyl-D-amino acid according to claim 1 which comprises acylating of a selected D-amino acid.
26. A food- or feed-acceptable composition comprising an N-acylamino acid of the formula:
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety, and Y when taken in conjunction with the NH group is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a food- or feed-acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient, in combination with a further active ingredient or a food- or feed-acceptable diluent or carrier.
X-CO-NH-Y
wherein X when taken in conjunction with the CO group, is an acyl moiety, and Y when taken in conjunction with the NH group is a D-amino acid or glycine moiety, or a food- or feed-acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient, in combination with a further active ingredient or a food- or feed-acceptable diluent or carrier.
27. A composition according to claim 26 wherein XCO is selected from the group consisting of sorbyl-, lauroyl-, and myrisotyl-, and palmitoyl-groups and Y, together with the NH
group, is selected from the group consisting of D-alanine, D-tryptophan, glycine, D-valine and D-aspartic acid.
group, is selected from the group consisting of D-alanine, D-tryptophan, glycine, D-valine and D-aspartic acid.
28. A composition according to claim 26 wherein in the active ingredient the acyl moiety is selected from sorbic acid or a fatty acid having a C8-C24 chain and a D-amino acid moiety selected from D-alanine, D-tryptophan, D-methionine, D-valine and D-aspartic acid.
29. A composition according to claim 26 wherein the active ingredient comprises N-sorbyl-D-tryptophan, N-sorbyl-D-alanine, N-sorbyl-D-valine, N-sorbyl-D-methionine, N-sorbyl-D-aspartic acid, Palmitoyl-D-tryptophan, Myristoyl-D-aspartic acid or Hexanoyl-D-alanine.
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