FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2011, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (9): 59-63.doi: 10.7506/spkx1002-6630-201109013

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

CHANG Hong1,LAN Yan-ping1,*,ZHOU Jia-hua1,HE Hong-ju2,GAO Hua-jie3, FENG Cui-ping4   

  1. 1. Institute of Agricultural Integrated Development, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China; 2. National Engineering Research Center for Vegetables, Beijing 100097, China; 3. College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China; 4. College of Food Science and Engineering, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
  • 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)

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