FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2008, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (1): 244-249.

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Study on Composition and Structure of Proanthocyanidins from Sea Buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) Seeds

 FAN  Jin-Ling, LUO  Lei, YAO  Ping, ZHU  Wen-Xue   

  1. 1.College of Food and Bioengineering, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, China; 2.College of Agricultrue and Forestry Science Technology, Hebei North University, Zhangjiakou 075000, China
  • Online:2008-01-15 Published:2011-07-28

Abstract: The monomeric and oligomeric proanthocyanidin fractions were analyzed by HPLC-ESI-MASS assay. The polymeric proanthocyanidins were fractionated by Sephadex LH-20 column chromatograph and their chemical constitution were also studied by acid-catalysed degradation in the presence of benzyl mercaptan. Four monomers were identified as catechin, epicatechin, gallocatechin and epigallocatechin. Eight dimers including three dimeric procyanidins, one dimeric prodelphinidin and four mixed dimers were detected and their structures were partly elucidated by the detection of the pseudomolecular ions and main ion fragmentations. The results also showed that the polymers are highly heterogenous, with catechin, epicatechin, gallocatechin and epigallocatechin all being constituent components of both the extension as well as the terminal units. The extension units are mainly gallocatechin, whereas terminal units are mainly gallocatechin and epigallocatechin for all fractions. The polymeric fractions with mDP 9.1, 13.2 and 17.0 represent the three major polymeric fractions accountingfor 74.7% of total polymers.

Key words: sea buckthorn (Hippophae rhamnoides) seeds, proanthocyanidins, HPLC-ESI-MASS