109 Biogenic amines are a group of organic nitrogenous compounds formed and degraded by the metabolisms of living organisms (microorganisms, plants and animals). The main biogenic amines associated with wine are putrescine, histamine, tyramine and cadaverine, followed by phenylethylamine, spermidine, spermine, agmatine and tryptamine. Biogenic amines in wine can be formed by various microorgani...

Aromatic amines are important intermediates in industrial manufacturing. N-Oxidation to N-hydroxyarylamines is a key step in determining the genotoxic properties of aromatic amines. N-Hydroxyarylamines can form adducts with DNA, with tissue proteins, and with the blood proteins albumin and hemoglobin in a dose-dependent manner. The determination of hemoglobin adducts is a useful tool for biomon...

Trace amines, including tyramine and beta-phenylethylamine (beta-PEA), are constituents of many foods including chocolate, cheeses and wines and are generated by so-called 'friendly' bacteria such as Lactobacillus, Lactococcus and Enterococcus species, which are found in probiotics. We therefore examined whether these dietary amines could exert pharmacological effects on the gut and its vascula...

The sulfated polyborate catalyzed an efficient and chemoselective N-tert-butyloxycarbonylation of amines under ultrasonic irradiation is developed. A broad substrate scope has been demonstrated for N-Boc protection various primary/secondary amines. It allows converting several aliphatic/aryl/heteroaryl amines, amino alcohol, aminoester, chiral to their N-Boc-protected derivatives solvent-free c...

The determination of biogenic amines in alcoholic beverages is important to assess the potential risks associated with the consumption of high concentrations of these compounds. In addition, product storage conditions and the length of storage can cause the formation of biogenic amines that reduce product quality. We report a new method using cation-exchange chromatography with either suppresse...

Aliphatic amines were determined in sediments and sediment pore waters from several contrasting sites in Chesapeake Bay. The aliphatic amines diethylamine, set-butylamine, n-propylamine, and i-propylamine were detected in a limited number of pore-water samples at concentrations generally less than 0.6 /IM. The occurrence of these amines showed no obvious correlation to other sediment geochemica...

We examined the effects of weakly basic amines on the secretion and post-translational modifications of secretory proteins in cultured rat hepatocytes. Weakly basic amines such as methylamine, chloroquine and NH4Cl strongly inhibited not only protein secretion, but also the proteolytic conversion of a proform of complement C3, allowing the precursor to be released into the medium. The amines, h...

The existence of protonated hydroxymethylamines of sec+ ondary amines, RzNHCHtOH, in equilibrium with hydroxymethylamines and protonated amines, has been demonstrated by titration at equilibrium and by rapid titration of the protonated hydroxymethylamines. Analogous compounds, . R3NCHeOH, are formed from formaldehyde and the sterically favorable tertiary amines: pyridine, iv-methylimidazole, an...

The existence of protonated hydroxymethylamines of sec+ ondary amines, RzNHCHtOH, in equilibrium with hydroxymethylamines and protonated amines, has been demonstrated by titration at equilibrium and by rapid titration of the protonated hydroxymethylamines. Analogous compounds, . R3NCHeOH, are formed from formaldehyde and the sterically favorable tertiary amines: pyridine, iv-methylimidazole, an...

Acetylation with acetic anhydride, under both aqueous and anhydrous conditions, has been utilized to derivatize various biogenic amines and psychotropic drugs for subsequent analysis by gas chromatography (GC) or gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). Under basic aqueous conditions, acetic anhydride derivatizes phenols and amines but not alcohols; under anhydrous conditions, all three fu...