A Rapid Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometryn Method for Evaluation of Synephrine in Citrus aurantium L. Samples

Autor: Luisa Mattoli, Anna Maidecchi, Michela Tubaro, Pietro Traldi, Francesca Cangi, Caterina Ghiara
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 53 (2005): 9860–9866. doi:10.1021/jf051270
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:LUISA MATTOLI; FRANCESCA CANGI; ANNA MAIDECCHI; CATERINA GHIARA; MICHELA TUBARO ;PIETRO TRALDI/titolo:A Rapid Liquid Chromatography Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry(n) method for evaluation of synephrine in Citrus aurantium L. samples/doi:10.1021%2Fjf051270+/rivista:Journal of agricultural and food chemistry/anno:2005/pagina_da:9860/pagina_a:9866/intervallo_pagine:9860–9866/volume:53
ISSN: 1520-5118
0021-8561
DOI: 10.1021/jf051270+
Popis: Immature bitter orange fruit and its extracts have been introduced into the market as an alternative to Ephedra in weight loss products. However, the safety of the immature bitter orange fruit and its extracts is a debated argument due to the presence of synephrine, a constituent known as a sympathomimetic agent. In this paper, we describe the development of a new, rapid, and simple liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry method devoted to the quantitative determination of synephrine in bitter orange samples, containing a high quantity of synephrine, and sweet orange samples, known to contain a low level of synephrine but at the same time being one of the main synephrine sources in a normal human diet. Two bitter orange dry extracts containing 5 and 6% sSynephrine and 10 sweet orange samples have been analyzed. Between the sweet orange samples, six were fresh oranges and four were fresh-squeezed juices; in these samples, the synephrine levels ranged from 0.00128 to 0.00349%.
Databáze: OpenAIRE