Activity-guided fractionation of poppy seed (Papaver
somniferum L.) extracts and analysis of fatty acid
oxidation model experiments, followed by liquid chromatography time-of-flight
mass spectrometry, tandem mass spectrometry, and one-/two-dimensional
nuclear magnetic resonance experiments, revealed the chemical structures
of five bitter-tasting fatty acids (1–5), three monoglycerides (6–8), six
C18-lipidoxidation products (9–14), and four lipid oxidation degradation products (15 and 17–19) as well as
two previously unreported monoglyceride oxidation degradation products,
namely, 9-(2′,3′-dihydroxypropyloxy)-9-oxononaic acid
(1-azeloyl-rac-glycerol, 16) and 1-(2′,3′-dihydroxypropyl)-8-(5″-oxo-2″,5″-dihydrofruan-2″-yl)-octonoate
(1-ODFO-rac-glycerol, 20). Sensory studies
exhibited low bitter taste threshold concentrations between 0.08 and
0.29 mmol/L, particularly for the higher oxidated C18-fatty
acids trihydroxyoctadecenoic acid (THOE, 12), 12,13-dihydroxy-9-oxo-10-octadecenoic
acid (12,13-diOH-9-oxo, 13), and 9,10-dihydroxy-13-oxo-11-octadecenoic
acid (9,10-diOH-13-oxo, 14) as well as for the lipidoxidation
degradation products 4-hydroxy-2-noneic acid (4-HNA, 17), 4-hydroxy-2-docecendienoic acid (HDdiA, 18), and
8-(5′-oxo-2′,5′-dihydrofuran-2′-yl)-octanoic
acid (ODFO, 20).