Analysis of heartsease (Viola tricolor L.) flavonoid glycosides by micro-liquid chromatography coupled to multistage mass spectrometry

J Chromatogr A. 2008 Oct 3;1206(1):11-20. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2008.05.017. Epub 2008 May 14.

Abstract

Micro-liquid chromatography (microLC) in conjunction with multistage mass spectrometry (MSn) was introduced to study several major heartsease flavonoid glycosides. High-resolution microLC separation was achieved by using a monolithic poly(p-methylstyrene-co-1,2-bis(p-vinylphenyl)ethane) column under reversed-phase conditions. The MS/MS and MS3 analysis of the flavonoid components of interest provided data about their glycosylation type and position, nature of their aglycones, and the structure/linkage information of their glycan moieties. With our microLC-MSn approach, four flavonol O-glycosides, nine flavone-C-glycosides, and three flavone C,O-glycosides were characterized in heartsease methanol extract. All of these glycoconjugates were found to be the derivatives of six aglycones: apigenin, chrysoeriol, isorhamnetin, kaempferol, luteolin, and quercetin.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Apigenin / chemistry
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods*
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods*
  • Flavones / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / chemistry*
  • Flavonoids / isolation & purification
  • Flavonols / chemistry
  • Glycosides / chemistry*
  • Glycosides / isolation & purification
  • Kaempferols / chemistry
  • Luteolin / chemistry
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Quercetin / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / methods*
  • Viola / chemistry*

Substances

  • Flavones
  • Flavonoids
  • Flavonols
  • Glycosides
  • Kaempferols
  • 3-methylquercetin
  • kaempferol
  • Apigenin
  • Quercetin
  • Luteolin
  • chrysoeriol