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Phenolic and Volatile Composition of a Dry Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) Extract
The present paper reports a complete mass spectrometric characterization of both the phenolic and volatile fractions of a dried spearmint extract. Phenolic compounds were analysed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-ESI-MS(n)) and a total...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6274304/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27527127 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21081007 |
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author | Cirlini, Martina Mena, Pedro Tassotti, Michele Herrlinger, Kelli A. Nieman, Kristin M. Dall’Asta, Chiara Del Rio, Daniele |
author_facet | Cirlini, Martina Mena, Pedro Tassotti, Michele Herrlinger, Kelli A. Nieman, Kristin M. Dall’Asta, Chiara Del Rio, Daniele |
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description | The present paper reports a complete mass spectrometric characterization of both the phenolic and volatile fractions of a dried spearmint extract. Phenolic compounds were analysed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-ESI-MS(n)) and a total of 66 compounds were tentatively identified, being the widest phenolic characterisation of spearmint to date. The analysis suggests that the extract is composed of rosmarinic acid and its derivatives (230.5 ± 13.5 mg/g) with smaller amounts of salvianolic acids, caffeoylquinic acids, hydroxybenzoic acids, hydroxycinnamic acids, flavones, and flavanones. Head space solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique, that was applied to characterize the volatile fraction of spearmint, identified molecules belonging to different chemical classes, such as p-cymene, isopiperitone, and piperitone, dihydroedulan II, menthone, p-cymen-8-ol, and β-linalool. This comprehensive phytochemical analysis can be useful to test the authenticity of this product rich in rosmarinic acid and other phenolics, and when assessing its biological properties. It may also be applied to other plant-derived food extracts and beverages containing a broad range of phytochemical compounds. |
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spelling | pubmed-62743042018-12-28 Phenolic and Volatile Composition of a Dry Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) Extract Cirlini, Martina Mena, Pedro Tassotti, Michele Herrlinger, Kelli A. Nieman, Kristin M. Dall’Asta, Chiara Del Rio, Daniele Molecules Article The present paper reports a complete mass spectrometric characterization of both the phenolic and volatile fractions of a dried spearmint extract. Phenolic compounds were analysed by ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-ESI-MS(n)) and a total of 66 compounds were tentatively identified, being the widest phenolic characterisation of spearmint to date. The analysis suggests that the extract is composed of rosmarinic acid and its derivatives (230.5 ± 13.5 mg/g) with smaller amounts of salvianolic acids, caffeoylquinic acids, hydroxybenzoic acids, hydroxycinnamic acids, flavones, and flavanones. Head space solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) technique, that was applied to characterize the volatile fraction of spearmint, identified molecules belonging to different chemical classes, such as p-cymene, isopiperitone, and piperitone, dihydroedulan II, menthone, p-cymen-8-ol, and β-linalool. This comprehensive phytochemical analysis can be useful to test the authenticity of this product rich in rosmarinic acid and other phenolics, and when assessing its biological properties. It may also be applied to other plant-derived food extracts and beverages containing a broad range of phytochemical compounds. MDPI 2016-08-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6274304/ /pubmed/27527127 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21081007 Text en © 2016 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Cirlini, Martina Mena, Pedro Tassotti, Michele Herrlinger, Kelli A. Nieman, Kristin M. Dall’Asta, Chiara Del Rio, Daniele Phenolic and Volatile Composition of a Dry Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) Extract |
title | Phenolic and Volatile Composition of a Dry Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) Extract |
title_full | Phenolic and Volatile Composition of a Dry Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) Extract |
title_fullStr | Phenolic and Volatile Composition of a Dry Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) Extract |
title_full_unstemmed | Phenolic and Volatile Composition of a Dry Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) Extract |
title_short | Phenolic and Volatile Composition of a Dry Spearmint (Mentha spicata L.) Extract |
title_sort | phenolic and volatile composition of a dry spearmint (mentha spicata l.) extract |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6274304/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27527127 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/molecules21081007 |
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