Histaminol: identification and HPLC analysis of a novel compound in wine

J Agric Food Chem. 2010 Sep 22;58(18):10202-8. doi: 10.1021/jf101737m.

Abstract

Histaminol, a minor histamine metabolite originating from imidazole acetaldehyde, has been detected in a food matrix as complex as wine. The standard molecule was synthesized, and subsequently the chemical structure was confirmed by ESI-MS and NMR measurements. The development, optimization, and in-house validation of a HPLC-DAD chromatographic method for the quantitative determination of histaminol in wine are described and discussed. The expanded uncertainty (U(k=2)) of the procedure was estimated as 11.06%. Twenty commercial Italian wine samples were selected. All samples (16 red and 4 white wines) were analyzed after a C-18 SPE cartridge fractionation procedure. The content of this alcohol was in the range of 0.289-1.094 mg/L (minimum and maximum values were obtained for Nero d'Avola vintage 2007 and Barolo vintage 1969, respectively).

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Validation Study

MeSH terms

  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Histamine / analogs & derivatives*
  • Histamine / analysis
  • Histamine / chemical synthesis
  • Histamine / chemistry
  • Italy
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
  • Tandem Mass Spectrometry
  • Wine / analysis*

Substances

  • Histamine
  • histaminol