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Review of Oxidative Processes in Wine and Value of Reduction Potentials in Enology

John C. Danilewicz
Am J Enol Vitic.  2012  63: 1-10  ; DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2011.11046
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    Schematic representation in which the reduction potential (Eh) of the Fe(III)/Fe(II) couple is measured against a standard hydrogen electrode.

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    (+)-Catechin redox couple.

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    Oxidation of ethanol coupled to reduction of hydrogen ions (A) or oxygen (B), which produces the so-called reduction potential in wine.

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    Idealized voltammogram representing the forward oxidation of a catechol (H2Q) and reverse reduction of the resulting quinone (Q) in model wine at pH 3.6.

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    Oxidation of ascorbic acid and degradation of dehydroascorbic acid.

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    Quinone/polyphenol and O2/H2O2 redox couples and protonation equilibria.

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    Reaction of (+)-catechin with oxygen.

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    A proposed mechanism for polyphenol oxidation: initiation by the oxidation of Fe(II).

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    Reduction potentials for the (+)-catechin and O2/H2O redox systems at pH 3.6.

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    pH dependence of first (EpH1), second (EpH2), and two-electron (EpH(2e)) reduction potentials of the (+)-catechin (Cat) and O2/H2O2 (O2) redox systems. Values for the two-electron reduction potentials are essentially the same and the resulting curves are superimposed.

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    Possible reactions of the hydroperoxyl radical at pH 3.6 by disproportionation and reaction with (+)- catechin, Fe(II), and Fe(III).

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    Oxidation of ethanol by the Fenton reaction.

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    Reduction potentials for the acetaldehyde/ethanol redox couple and first step in the oxidation of ethanol.

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    Radical-chain reaction involved in sulfite autoxidation.

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    Interception of the peroxomonosulfate radical by (+)-catechin.

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    Two-electron reduction potentials of quinone/catechol redox couples.

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