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ArticlePolymers2025

Food-Grade Microwave-Assisted Depolymerization of Grape Seed Condensed Tannins: Optimizing the Reaction Using Gallic Acid as a Nucleophile.

Carolina F Morales, Fernando A Osorio

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Article in Polymers, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Carolina F MoralesDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Technological Faculty, University of Santiago, Chile (USACH), Av. El Belloto 3735, Estación Central, Santiago 9170022, Chile.
Fernando A OsorioDepartment of Food Science and Technology, Technological Faculty, University of Santiago, Chile (USACH), Av. El Belloto 3735, Estación Central, Santiago 9170022, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-7206-0924

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BECA DE DOCTORADO NACIONAL - Año Académico 2019 CMorales Año Académico 2019Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Científico y Tecnológico ANID FONDECYT N°1241250
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Abstract

Food waste has a significant social impact but can be revalued as a source of bioactive compounds, such as condensed tannins. This abundant biomass, corresponding to a polymeric antioxidant, must be depolymerized to become bioavailable. Previous studies have investigated polymer degradation into oligomers using high temperatures and expensive nucleophiles, often under conditions unsuitable for food applications. In the present investigation, it is proposed that the depolymerization of condensed tannins can occur under food-grade conditions using a Generally Recognized as Safe (GRAS) solvent by optimizing the reaction's heating method with microwave assistance and using gallic acid as a nucleophile. Thermal studies indicate that the degradation of total polyphenols content follows first-order kinetics and occurs above 80 °C in microwave. Depolymerization follows second-order kinetics, yielding epicatechin as the primary product with zero-order formation kinetics. The optimized factors were 80%

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antioxidantscondensed tanninsdepolymerizationSN1 reaction

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PMID40076175
PMCPMC11902613

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