Simultaneous quantification of adrenergic amines and flavonoids in C. aurantium, various Citrus species, and dietary supplements by liquid chromatography

J AOAC Int. 2005 Nov-Dec;88(6):1593-606.

Abstract

An analytical method was developed for the simultaneous quantitative analysis of 6 amines and 20 flavonoids in fruits and extracts of 30 Citrus species, including C. aurantium, near-Citrus relatives, and dietary supplements by liquid chromatography with photodiode array detection. The separation was achieved with a Phenomenex Synergi Hydro reversed-phase column using gradient mobile phase of sodium acetate buffer (pH 5.5) and acetonitrile. Elution was run at a flow rate of 1.0 mL/min and UV at 254, 280, and 330 nm. Among the amines analyzed, synephrine, the main component, was present in the levels from 0.11 to 2.0 mg/g dry weight in 21 Citrus species and 0.07 to 18.62% in dietary supplements claiming to contain C. aurantium. The flavanones and flavones were analyzed in the same Citrus samples and were species-specific. The levels of flavones were very low compared with those of flavanones. The method facilitated the simultaneous quantification of 6 amines and 20 flavonoids in various Citrus species, the distinction between the different Citrus species, and the analysis of dietary supplements containing C. aurantium.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acetonitriles / pharmacology
  • Amines / analysis*
  • Amines / chemistry
  • Beverages
  • Calibration
  • Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / methods*
  • Chromatography
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods*
  • Citrus / metabolism*
  • Dietary Supplements / analysis*
  • Flavanones / chemistry
  • Flavones / chemistry
  • Flavonoids / chemistry
  • Fruit
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Models, Chemical
  • Plant Extracts / analysis
  • Reference Standards
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sodium Acetate / pharmacology
  • Ultraviolet Rays

Substances

  • Acetonitriles
  • Amines
  • Flavanones
  • Flavones
  • Flavonoids
  • Plant Extracts
  • Sodium Acetate
  • acetonitrile