Stashenko, 2014
Stashenko, 2014
Stashenko, 2014
2014
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1565825
Volatile organic compounds in Brownea macrophylla, Petrea volubilis and Hibiscus spp. flowers
were sampled in vitro and in vivo with HS-SPME and analyzed by GC-MS. Flavonoids present in
flower extracts, were identified with LC-MS and their antioxidant capacity was evaluated with the
ORAC assay. LC-MS data obtained in positive ionization mode from extracts were used to generate
possible molecular formulas that satisfied the accurate masses. Fragmentation and mass errors
were used as selection criteria for structure assignment. Pelargonidin-3,5-glucoside, pelargonidin-
3-glucoside, 8-p-hydroxybenzyl and peonidin were identified in the B. macrophylla extract.
Pelargonidin glucuronide, apigenin 7-glucuronide methyl ester, cyanidin-3-O-glucuronide,
pelargonidin-3-O-(6-acetyl-glucoside), and delphinidin-3-glucoside were found in the P. volubilis
flower extract. Cyanidin-3-glucoside, cyanidin-3,5-glucoside, delphinidin-3-glucoside, and
peonidin-3-arabinoside were identified in the Hibiscus spp. extract. ORAC antioxidant capacity
values of 3460, 670 and (1200 – 4035) micromol Trolox/g of substance, were measured for the B.
macrophylla, P. volubilis and Hibiscus spp. extracts, respectively. These were higher than the
values of 500 and 480 micromol Trolox/g of substance observed for the reference antioxidants,
BHT and α-tocopherol, respectively. B. macrophylla, P. volubilis and Hibiscus spp. flowers were
obtained from experimental plots at the CENIVAM research center. The plant material was freeze-
dried (Virtis Advance Plus). Solid-liquid extraction with acidified (1% HCl) ethanol-water (3:1, v/v)
afforded extracts which were roto-evaporated. An LC-MS with electro-spray ionization (LC-ESI-
TOF, 1200 – 6210 Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, CA, USA) was used for extract analysis. The
ORAC assay was implemented in a 96-well microplate reader (Turner Biosystems Inc., Modulus
Microplate Reader II).