Department of Chemistry, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus, Palestine; Research Group on Quality, Safety, and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, E-30100 Espinardo (Murcia), Spain.
Research Group on Quality, Safety, and Bioactivity of Plant Foods, Department of Food Science and Technology, CEBAS-CSIC, P.O. Box 164, E-30100 Espinardo (Murcia), Spain.
Food Res Int. 2017 Oct;100(Pt 3):494-500. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2016.10.018. Epub 2016 Oct 14.
Fruits and vegetables are an important source of dietary antioxidants and epidemiological studies show that their regular intake in the diet may decrease the risk of several chronic diseases. Phoenix dactylifera L. (date palm or dates) is an important crop, widely used in the Arabian region and in other parts of the world as a food and also in folk medicine, due to its health-promoting properties. Antioxidant phytochemicals present in plant foods are partly responsible for such health benefits. The antioxidants present in dates are mainly phenolics, like flavonoids and phenolic acids. The fruits of dates have been widely studied with regard to their phenolic composition. However, few studies are available in the bibliography regarding other, non-edible parts of the date palm tree. In this context, in the present work the phenolic components of different parts of P. dactylifera (cv. Medjool or Mejhool) - namely, fruit pulp and skin, fronds (leaves), clusters, and pollen - have been investigated using HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS in the negative ionization mode. The overall analysis of the phenolic compounds revealed that there was a qualitative similarity among the different dates parts analyzed. The method used provided tentative identification of 52 compounds: mainly flavonoid glycosides of quercetin, luteolin, apigenin, chrysoeriol, kaempferol, isorhamnetin, 3-methyl-isorhamnetin, sulfates, and malonyl derivatives. In the present work, more than 30 phenolic derivatives are described for the first time in dates. To the best of our knowledge, kaempferol glycosides and malonyl derivatives have not been described previously in P. dactylifera. The results highlight the importance of P. dactylifera L. as a promising source of functional ingredients and boost its potential use in the food and nutraceutical industries. The MS data, MS fragmentation pattern, and UV information obtained have been of great help in the interpretation of the compounds detected and in their structural identification.
水果和蔬菜是膳食抗氧化剂的重要来源,流行病学研究表明,经常摄入这些食物可能会降低多种慢性疾病的风险。海枣(椰枣树或枣)是一种重要的作物,由于其具有促进健康的特性,在阿拉伯地区和世界其他地区被广泛用作食品,也在民间医学中使用。植物性食物中的抗氧化植物化学物质在一定程度上与这些健康益处有关。枣中的抗氧化剂主要是酚类化合物,如类黄酮和酚酸。枣的果实已被广泛研究其酚类成分。然而,关于椰枣树其他不可食用部分的研究在文献中很少见。在这种情况下,本研究采用高效液相色谱-二极管阵列检测-电喷雾/质谱联用仪(HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS)在负离子模式下,研究了不同部分的椰枣(品种 Medjool 或 Mejhool)的酚类成分,包括果肉和果皮、叶片、花序和花粉。对酚类化合物的综合分析表明,分析的不同枣部分之间存在定性相似性。所使用的方法提供了 52 种化合物的暂定鉴定:主要为槲皮素、木樨草素、芹菜素、芹菜素、山奈酚、异鼠李素、3-甲基异鼠李素、硫酸盐和丙二酰衍生物的黄酮糖苷。在本研究中,有 30 多种酚类衍生物首次在枣中被描述。据我们所知,在海枣中,山奈酚糖苷和丙二酰衍生物以前没有被描述过。研究结果突出了海枣作为有前途的功能性成分来源的重要性,并促进了其在食品和营养保健品行业的潜在应用。所获得的 MS 数据、MS 碎片模式和 UV 信息对所检测化合物的解释及其结构鉴定有很大帮助。
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