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- Title
Screening and identifying cucurbitacins and cucurbitacin glycosides in Cucumis sativus using high‐performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole‐time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry combined with in‐source fragmentation and alkali adduct ions
- Authors
Chen, Si‐Yuan; Zhou, Qing Yi‐Jun; Chen, Lin; Li, Jia‐Yu; Xie, Tao; Zhang, Shui‐Han
- Abstract
Rationale: Cucumber, as a popular fruit and vegetable, has tremendously contributed to providing a sufficient and high‐quality food supply. However, the cucumber plant metabolites, which may possess potential benefits for human health, were rarely reported. In addition, rapid detection of these metabolites from the complex biological matrix of cucumber samples is a tremendous challenge. Methods: A rapid detection method was established to systematically screen cucurbitacins and cucurbitacin glycosides in cucumber plants by combining high‐performance liquid chromatography/quadrupole‐time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry (HPLC‐Q‐TOF‐MS) with in‐source fragmentation (ISF). Moreover, the alkali cations, including acetic acid, 0.1% LiCl, 0.1% NH4Cl, 0.1% NaCl, and 0.1% KCl, were added to the mobile phase for improving the ion response. Results: The fragmentation pathways of seven cucurbitacins and cucurbitacin glycosides were primarily investigated. The characteristic ISF ions at m/z 501.3211 and 503.3367 were identified and employed to screen 40 cucurbitacins and cucurbitacin glycosides from the complex biological matrix. Their structures were identified by their tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) spectra and fragmentation pathways of references. Finally, the metabolic distribution and network of cucurbitacins and cucurbitacin glycosides in cucumber plants were also proposed. Conclusions: This work marks the first systematic and comprehensive study of the metabolites in cucumber plants using HPLC‐Q‐TOF‐MS technology, providing a template for screening and identifying the triterpenoids from other plant‐derived medicines or food.
- Subjects
CUCUMBERS; ALKALI metal ions; MASS spectrometry; GLYCOSIDES; TANDEM mass spectrometry; ALKALIES; FOOD supply; PLANT metabolites
- Publication
Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry: RCM, 2022, Vol 36, Issue 14, p1
- ISSN
0951-4198
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/rcm.9323