Institut de Chimie de Nice (ICN), UMR CNRS 7272, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France.
Faculté des Sciences, Master 2 FOQUAL, Parc Valrose, 06108 Nice Cedex 2, France.
Food Chem. 2016 Nov 1;210:613-22. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.05.015. Epub 2016 May 3.
Benzoin balsam is an anthropic exudate obtained from the bark of several species of Styrax trees that is mainly used as a perfume fixative as well as a flavouring agent. Benzoe tonkinensis Laos (also commercialized under the denomination Siam benzoin balsam) displaying characteristic vanilla notes and already being largely used to flavour all kinds of edible goods, was intended to be proposed by Agroforex Company to the Codex Committee on Food Additives for evaluation as a food additive. For this purpose, the present paper reports the phytochemical characterisation of both the volatile and non-volatile fractions of benzoin balsams and the quantitation of some of the major components by gas and liquid chromatography techniques. Four coniferyl and two morinol derivatives were characterised for the first time in Benzoe tonkinensis Laos. Finally, two liquid chromatographic methods used to easily discriminate Siam from Sumatra balsam (also known as Benzoe sumatranus Indonesia) were developed.
安息香脂是一种人为渗出物，从几种安息香树的树皮中提取，主要用作香水定香剂以及调味剂。东塔尼安息香（也以暹罗安息香脂的名称商业化）具有独特的香草味，已大量用于调味各种食品，被 Agroforex 公司提议提交食品添加剂法典委员会评估作为食品添加剂。为此，本研究报告了安息香脂的挥发性和非挥发性部分的植物化学特性，并采用气相和液相色谱技术对一些主要成分进行定量分析。首次在东塔尼安息香中鉴定出 4 种松柏醇和 2 种愈创木醇衍生物。最后，开发了两种液相色谱方法，可轻松区分暹罗安息香（也称为苏门答腊安息香脂）和苏门答腊安息香（也称为印度尼西亚苏门答腊安息香脂）。
