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Acta universitaria
On-line version ISSN 2007-9621Print version ISSN 0188-6266
Abstract
DOMINGUEZ-PEREZ, Leydy Ariana et al. Vibrational characterization of functional groups in cocoa beans during roasting with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Acta univ [online]. 2019, vol.29, e2172. Epub Sep 11, 2020. ISSN 2007-9621. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2019.2172.
This work shows the potentiality of Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy to evaluate the vibrational changes of functional groups during cocoa roasting. Thirty assignments were identified in the regions of vibration, double bond and fingerprint. With the second derivative, more than 50 peaks were identified in the spectrum. Trough the roasting time, changes were recorded in the intensity and not in the signals; however, the influence of the fatty content was shown when the samples were defatted. Changes during the roasting process of cocoa beans occurred in the fingerprint region, identified by signals assigned to the free amino acids, catechins, reducing sugars, and methylxantines identified principally in the second derivative of the spectrum. Infrared spectrum allowed to find structural changes in cocoa to different roasting times.
Keywords : Infrared spectroscopy; second derivative; cocoa beans roasting.