Patent ID: 8853168

Claim:
A composition comprising thioesterification agent with the following formula: wherein R 1 represents a chemical moiety selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, substituted aryl, unsubstituted aryl, substituted alkenyl, unsubstituted alkenyl, substituted alkyl, unsubstituted alkyl, substituted alkoxy, and unsubstituted alkoxy, wherein R 2 represents a chemical moiety selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C5 alkyl, C1-C5 alkylene, C1-C5 alkyl carbonyl, a sugar and a monoterpene group and wherein R 3 represents a chemical moiety selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C5 alkyl, C1-C5 alkylene, C1-C5 alkyl carbonyl, a sugar and a monoterpene group, and wherein the thioesterification agent is not an avicin with the following formula: wherein R5 and R6 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C5 alkyl, and an oligosaccharide; wherein R7 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C5 alkyl, C1-C5 alkylene, C1-C5 alkyl carbonyl, a sugar, and a monoterpene group, and wherein the avicin formula optionally further comprises R4, wherein R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, C1-C5 alkyl, C1-C5 alkylene, C1-C5 alkyl carbonyl, a sugar, C1-C5 alkyl ester, and a monoterpene group and R4 is attached to the triterpene moiety or the monoterpene moiety.