Quantificação de ácidos orgânicos e ácidos graxos precursores de CLA em braquiárias por eletroforese capilar

Abstract

Bovine milk and meat production in Brazil is based on the use of pastures, as they are less food costing for the producers. In Brazil, pastures are the leading power supply of the herd, which are responsable for almost 90% of bovine meat and the biggest part of milk produced in the country. By this way, rises a rigorous monitoring to get quality forage, considering that the rumminant diet is related to the milk quality. Last years, it has arised the interest of knowing chemical substances present in the feed that could contribute to a good milk quality, such as: linoleic acid (C18: 2 cis-cis-9-12) and α- linolenic acid (C18: 3 cis-cis-9-cis-12 15), which are precursors of fatty acids conjugated linoleic acid (CLA); and to selection of cultivars resistent to stress caused by the sharpshooters pastures presence, such as the organic acids (citric, malic, succinic and aspartic acid). This paper aimed use the Capillary Zone Electrophoresis (CZE) technique as a tool to assist the selection of materials with a higher concentration of CLA precursors and more resistant materials to the presence of sharpshooters pastures. For analysis of CLA precursors, the electrolyte used consisted of 17% methanol, 33% ACN, 12 mmol L-1 sodium tetraborate, 12 mmol L-1 and Brij pH of 9.5, and analysis conditions were: hydrodynamic injection (25 mbar for 5 sec) + 26 kV voltage, 27 ° C temperature capillary within, direct UV detection at 200 nm, TSU capillary with 75 μm d.i and 34 cm length. The CZE method is effective for CLA precursors analysis, in 4 minutes. A comparing of the proposed method to the official one was made, by using gas chromatography (GC) at six samples brachiaria, and the results showed no significant differences at a confidence interval of 95%. For analysis of organic acids, the electrolyte used consisted of 20 mmol L-1 phthalic acid, 15 mmol L-1 TRIS and 0.8 mmol L-1 CTAB. The analysis conditions were: hydrodynamic injection (0.3 psi/3 seconds), - 15 kV voltage, 25 ° C temperature capillary within, UV direct detection at 240 nm, TSP capillary with 75 μm d.i. and 375 μm d.e., 50,2 cm lenght and 40.0 cm effective length. The CZE method is effective for organic acids (citric acid, malic acid, aspartic acid and succinic acid) analysis related to the plants, as it was possible its identification in less than 5 minutes, allowing a large number of analyzes in a short time.