LC/PDA/ESI-MS Profiling and Radical Scavenging Activity of Anthocyanins in Various Berries. Issue 5 (1st December 2004)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Nakajima, Jun-ichiro; Tanaka, Ippei; Seo, Shujiro; Yamazaki, Mami; Saito, Kazuki
• Is Part Of: Journal of biomedicine and biotechnology. Volume 2004:Issue 5(2004)
• Page Start: 241
• Page End: 247
• Publication Date: 2004-12-01
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Biology -- Periodicals; Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Medicine; Biology; Biotechnology; Médecine; Biologie; Biotechnologie; Biology; Biotechnology; Medicine; Biotechnology; Biomedicine; Electronic journals; Periodical; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610
• DOI: 10.1155/S1110724304404045
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1110-7243

Abstract

Abstract : Anthocyanin extracts of two blueberries, Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry) and Vaccinium ashei (rabbiteye blueberry), and of three other berries, Ribes nigrum (black currant), Aronia melanocarpa (chokeberry), and Sambucus nigra (elderberry), were analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with photodiode array detection and electrospray ionization - mass spectrometry (LC/PDA/ESI-MS). Both bilberry and rabbiteye blueberry contained 15 identical anthocyanins with different distribution patterns. Black currant, chokeberry, and elderberry contained 6, 4, and 4 kinds of anthocyanins, respectively. The radical scavenging activities of these berry extracts were analyzed by using 2, 2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH). All these extracts showed potent antiradical activities.