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Presence of Caffeic Acid in Flaxseed Lignan Macromolecule

Phenolic compounds were extracted from defatted flaxseeds using ethanol-dioxane (1:1, v/v). The crude extract obtained was purified using Amberlite XAD-16 column chromatography with water and methanol as mobile phases. RP-HPLC and SE-HPLC showed a lignan macromolecule (LM) as a dominant phenolic com...

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Autores principales: Kosińska, Agnieszka, Penkacik, Kamila, Wiczkowski, Wiesław, Amarowicz, Ryszard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3156902/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21766213
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11130-011-0245-1
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Sumario:Phenolic compounds were extracted from defatted flaxseeds using ethanol-dioxane (1:1, v/v). The crude extract obtained was purified using Amberlite XAD-16 column chromatography with water and methanol as mobile phases. RP-HPLC and SE-HPLC showed a lignan macromolecule (LM) as a dominant phenolic compound in the purified extract. After the alkaline hydrolysis of LM caffeic acid glucoside (CaAG) was isolated using a semi-preparative HPLC and its structure was confirmed by LC-ESI-MS. In LM of the investigated flaxseed, one molecule of caffeic acid corresponded with five molecules of p-coumaric acid and two molecules of ferulic acid. The presence of caffeic acid in the lignan molecule might be very beneficial due to its high antioxidant activity.