NATURAL PRODUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ›› 2018, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (5): 731-735. doi: 10.16333/j.1001-6880.2018.5.002

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Analysis of Anthocyanins and Flavonoids Components in Blueberry Extract by UPLC-TOF MS

XUE Ying1, XU Xian-shun1, YONG Li1, WANG Ming-ming2, LIU Fang3, LIU Jie-ling3,4, XIE Jing2,4*   

  1. 1Sichuan Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention,Chengdu 610041,China; 2Collaborative Innovation Center of Sichuan for Elderly Care and Health,Chengdu Medical College,Chengdu 610500,China; 3School of Pharmacy,Changzhi Medical College,Changzhi 046000,China; 4Huzhou Research and Development Center for Biological Resources,Chengdu Institute of Biology,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Huzhou 313000,China
  • Online:2018-06-04 Published:2018-06-04

Abstract: The anthocyanins and flavonoids ingredients in blueberry extracts from different manufacturers were analyzed under TOF/MS full scan mode and Q-TOF/MS fragment scan mode simultaneously using ultra-performance liquid chromatography/time-of-flight mass spectrometry.First of all,based on the molecular formula calculated by accurate mass,the possible compounds were found in the ‘lists of potential compounds’,then these compounds were qualitatively analyzed according to the fragmentation characteristics of MS2.Combined with the references,19 anthocyanins and 8 flavonoids were identified from the blueberry extracts.At the same time,the present study also explored the fragmentation regularities of mass spectra of anthocyanin and flavonoid glycosides in blueberry extract.This method with the characteristics of fast,sensitivity,accuracy can be generalized to the screening of other natural active ingredients without reference.

Key words: blueberry extract, UPLC-ESI-Q-TOF/MS, anthocyanins, flavonoids

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