Geniposide was obtained from fruits of Gardenia jasminoids and hydrolyzed with β-glucosidase. The resulting genipin was transformed to blue pigments by the reaction with amino acid (glycine, lysine, phenylalanine). Absorbance maxima of the blue pi...
Geniposide was obtained from fruits of Gardenia jasminoids and hydrolyzed with β-glucosidase. The resulting genipin was transformed to blue pigments by the reaction with amino acid (glycine, lysine, phenylalanine). Absorbance maxima of the blue pigments transformed from genipin with glycine, lysine and phenylalanine were 580nm, 583nm, and 589nm, respectively, in phosphate buffer(pH 7.0) solutions. Thermal stability of blue pigments in aqueous solutions was tested at temperature of 60∼90℃, pH range of 5.0∼9.0(pH 5.0:acetate buffer, 7.0:phosphate buffer, 9.0:CHES buffer). For example, the percentages of remaining absorbance of blue pigments transformed from genipin with glycine at pH 5.0, 7.0 and 9.0 at 60℃ were 96.9, 99.4 and 104.9% after 10 hours, indicating that blue pigments were very stable. Light stability of blue pigments was tested in aqueous solutions (pH 5.0∼9.0) and in ethanolic solutions(0∼100%) under the light intensity of 5,000∼20,000 lx, and found that blue pigments were very stable. The percentages of remaining absorbance of blue pigments transformed from genipin with glycine at pH 7.0 under the light intensity of 5,000, 10,000, 20,000 lx were 91.2, 86.4, 75.9% after 10 hours, showing that blue dye was stable to intense light. The blue dye in ethanol was even more stable than in pure water. For example, the percentages of remaining absorbance of blue pigments transformed from glycine in pure water and ethanol were 73.7% and 100.6%, respectively, under the influence of light of 20,000 lx. Geniposidic acid was obtained from hydrolysis of geniposide with 0.5N NaOH. Red pigments were obtained when geniposidic acid were reacted with β-glucosidase and amino acid in acidic condition. Absorbance maxima of the red pigments transformed from geniposidic acid with glycine, lysine, phenylalanine and arginine were 543nm, 543nm, 554nm, and 540nm, respectively, in water.