A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Rapid Fingerprint Analysis of Plant Extracts for Ellagitannins, Gallic Acid, and Quinic Acid Derivatives and Quercetin-, Kaempferol- and Myricetin-Based Flavonol Glycosides by UPLC-QqQ-MS/MS
Authors: Engstrom MT, Palijarvi M, Salminen JP
Publisher: Amer Chemical Soc
Publication year: 2015
Journal: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Journal name in source: JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Journal acronym: J Agr Food Chem
Volume: 63
Issue: 16
First page : 4068
Last page: 4079
Number of pages: 12
ISSN: 0021-8561
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.5b00595
This paper,describes the development of a rapid method with ultraperformance liquid chromatography-triple-quadrupole mass spectrometry that can specifically measure group-specific fingerprints from plant extracts for the following polyphenol groups: (1) ellagitannins, (2) gallic acid derivatives, (3) quinic acid derivatives, (4) quercetin-based flavonol glycosides, (5) kaempferol-based flavonol glycosides, and (6) myricetin-based flavonol glycosides. In addition, the method records simultaneously diode array and full scan mass spectrometry data that can be used to later characterize and quantify the main individual polyphenols if necessary: All of this is achieved within the 10 min period of analysis, which makes the presented Method a significant addition to the,chemistry tools,currently available for the rapid,analysis of complex polyphenol mixtures from plant extracts.