When dextrins or starch are heated with propylamine in neutral aqueous
solution at 100-130-degrees-C a brown colouration is observed. From t
he reaction mixture 3-hyroxy-2-methyl-1-propyl-4(1H)-pyridone 11, ihyd
ro-2-methyl-1-propyl-4-propylimino-3-pyridinol 12 and 5-hydroxymethyl-
1-propyl-pyrrol-2-aldehyde 13 can be extracted with organic solvents a
nd separated by HPLC. Enzymatic hydrolysis effects the release of 1(3-
hydroxy-1-propyl-2-pyrrolyl)-1-ethanone 10 from a glycosidically bound
precursor.