Food Composition and Methods Development Lab Site Logo
ARS Home About Us Helptop nav spacerContact Us En Espanoltop nav spacer
Printable VersionPrintable Version     E-mail this pageE-mail this page
Agricultural Research Service United States Department of Agriculture
Search
  Advanced Search
 
Programs and Projects
Subjects of Investigation
 

Research Project: FINGERPRINTING AND PROFILING METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF FOODS AND DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS

Location: Food Composition and Methods Development Lab

Title: Profiling the indole alkaloids in yohimbe bark with ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ion mobility quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry

Authors
item Sun, Jianghao -
item Chen, Pei

Submitted to: Journal of Rapid Communications in Mass Spectroscopy
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: June 18, 2011
Publication Date: August 22, 2011
Citation: Sun, J., Chen, P. 2011. Profiling the indole alkaloids in yohimbe bark with ultra-performance liquid chromatography coupled with ion mobility quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Journal of Rapid Communications in Mass Spectroscopy. 25:2591-2602.

Interpretive Summary: An ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-ion mobility-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-IM-QTOF-MS) method was developed for profiling the indole alkaloids in yohimbe bark. The indole alkaloids in yohimbe bark all share the core structure of yohimbine. This makes the separation and identification of them very difficult. With the help of advanced analytical technologies (i.e., high resolution accurate mass measurement, mass fragmentation patterns, ion mobility studies, and UHPLC chromatography), a total of 56 indole alkaloids were characterized and a few new yohimbine-like alkaloids that have not been reported previously were detected using the new approach. This represents the most complete study on naturally-occurring yohimbine-like indole alkaloids to date.

Technical Abstract: An ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-ion mobility- quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-IM-QTOF-MS) method was developed for profiling the indole alkaloids in yohimbe bark. Many indole alkaloids with the yohimbine core structure, plus methylated, oxidized, and reduced species, were characterized. Common fragments and mass differences are described. It was shown that the use of IM could provide another molecular descriptor; i.e., molecular shape by rotationally averaged collision cross-section was of great value for identification of constituents where reference materials are usually not available. Using the combination of high resolution (~40000) accurate mass measurement with time aligned parallel (TAP) fragmentation, MSE (where E represents collision energy), ion mobility mass spectrometry (IMS), and UPLC chromatography, a total of 56 indole alkaloids were characterized and a few new yohimbine-like alkaloids are reported for the first time.

   

 
Project Team
Harnly, James - Jim
Byrdwell, W Craig
Chen, Pei
Luthria, Devanand - Dave
 
Publications
   Publications
 
Related National Programs
  Human Nutrition (107)
 
Related Projects
   PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR FOODS AND SUPPLEMENTS
   OPTIMIZATION OF SAMPLE PREPARATION FOR ANALYSES OF PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS FROM DIFFERENT MATRICES
   WHOLE GRAINS: PROCESSING, FIBER, COLOR, AND PHYTONUTRIENTS
   DEVELOPMENT OF SPECTRAL FINGERPRINTING METHODS FOR RAPID CHARACTERIZATION AND AUTHENTICATION OF BOTANICAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS
   ASSAY OF BIOACTIVE PHYTOCHEMICALS FROM FOODS AND FOOD PRODUCTS
   DNA BARCODES/FINGERPRINTS, CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTS, AND METABOLOMIC PROFILES FOR BOTANICAL SUPPLEMENTS
   METABOLOMIC METHODS FOR PLANT AND ANIMAL SPECIMENS
 
 
Last Modified: 05/22/2013
ARS Home | USDA.gov | Site Map | Policies and Links 
FOIA | Accessibility Statement | Privacy Policy | Nondiscrimination Statement | Information Quality | USA.gov | White House