Aqueous Solubility of Calcium L-Lactate, Calcium D-Gluconate, and Calcium D-Lactobionate: importance of Complex Formation for Solubility Increase by Hydroxycarboxylate Mixtures

Martina Vavrusova, Merete Bøgelund Munk, Leif Horsfelt Skibsted

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Abstract

Among the calcium hydroxycarboxylates important for cheese quality, d-lactobionate [Ksp = (7.0 ± 0.3) × 10-3 mol3 L-3] and l-lactate [Ksp = (5.8 ± 0.2) × 10-3 mol3 L-3] were found more soluble than d-gluconate [Ksp = (7.1 ± 0.2) × 10 -4 mol3 L-3], as indicated by the solubility products determined electrochemically for aqueous 1.0 M NaCl at 25.0 C. Still, solubility of calcium l-lactate increases by 45% in the presence of 0.50 M sodium d-gluconate and by 37% in the presence of 0.50 M sodium d-lactobionate, while solubility of calcium d-gluconate increases by 66 and 85% in the presence of 0.50 M sodium l-lactate and 0.50 M sodium d-lactobionate, respectively, as determined by complexometric titration. Sodium l-lactate and sodium d-gluconate have only little influence on solubility of calcium d-lactobionate. The increased solubility is described quantitatively by calcium binding to d-gluconate (K1 = 14 ± 3 mol-1 L) in 1.0 M NaCl at 25 C, d-lactobionate (K1 = 11 ± 2 mol-1 L), and l-lactate (K1 = 8 ± 2 mol-1 L), as indicated by the association constants determined electrochemically. In mixed hydroxycarboxylate solutions, calcium binding is quantitatively described by the geometric mean of the individual association constants for both aqueous 1.0 and 0.20 M NaCl, indicating a 1:1 stoichiometry for complex formation.

Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Volume61
Issue number34
Pages (from-to)8207-8214
Number of pages8
ISSN0021-8561
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Aug 2013

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