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Isolation and Identification of Anthocyanins in the Fruits of Prunus humilis Bunge

  

  • Received:2010-07-23 Revised:2011-03-22 Online:2011-05-15 Published:2011-04-11

Abstract: The objective of this study was to isolate and identify the anthocyanins in the fruits of Prunus humilis Bunge by high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Six compounds were isolated and identified to be cyaniding-3-glucoside, geranium-3-glucoside, cyanidin-3-rhamnosyl glucoside, geranium-3-rhamnose glucoside, cyanidin-3-acetyl glucoside and geranium-3-acetyl glucoside. Among them, cyaniding-3-glucoside was the major anthocyanin, accounting for 62.6% of the total anthocyanins. In conclusion, high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry can efficiently analyze the composition of anthocyanins in the fruits of Prunus humilis Bunge.

Key words: Prunus humilis Bunge, anthocyanins, isolation, identification, high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS)