Abstract

Luncheon Seminars

Day 3, May 19(Fri.) 12:30-13:30 Room D (202)

Sulfur Index:Sulfur compounds in foods are indicator of "freshness" and "the action of microbes".

(1Tsukuba Univ., 2NAIST, 3Shimadzu, 4Sulfur Index)
Satoshi Oshiro1, Maeka Shiroyama1, Masashi Miura2, Yusuke Kawano1, Naoyuki Tanaka1, Takaaki Sato1,3, oIwao Ohtsu1,2,4

We here analyzed a sulfur index of Escherichia coli using LC-MSMS combined with thiol-specific derivatization by monobromobimane. The obtained sulfur index was then applied to evaluate the cysteine or ergothioneine producer. In addition, we introduce our recent research using a novel approach of multivariate analysis called "Sulfur Index Technology", which is based on sulfur compounds profile for foods.