Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Food Nutrition and Human Health, Beijing Technology and Business University (BTBU), China; National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Collaborative Innovation Center of Food Safety and Quality Control in Jiangsu Province, School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, China.
Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK.
Food Res Int. 2021 Jan;139:109916. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109916. Epub 2020 Nov 30.
The seed kernels and hulls of Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (Chinese peony) contain numerous bioactive compounds. We extracted monoterpene glycosides and oligostilbenes from three varieties of P. lactiflora seed kernels and hulls, and analysed the bioactive compounds in these samples. The results indicated that seed kernels contained significant concentrations of monoterpene glycosides, whilst seed hulls contained high concentrations of oligostilbene compounds. The profiles of monoterpene glycosides and oligostilbene compounds in extracts were significantly dependent on the P. lactiflora variety. Ultra-performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry and reference to literature data enabled 96 compounds to be tentatively characterised, including 24 monoterpene glycosides, 16 oligostilbene compounds, and several phenolic compounds, iridoid glycosides, diterpenoids and triterpenoids. This is the first study to find most of these compounds in P. lactiflora seed kernels and hulls. Paeoniflorin (1779.61 ± 10.33 mg/100 g) was the predominant monoterpene glycoside in seed kernels, whilst hulls had the highest concentrations of sufruticosol A (791.93 ± 25.09 mg/100 g) and trans-ε-viniferin (607.4 ± 16.22 mg/100 g). All of the results confirmed that P. lactiflora seed kernels and hulls contain substantial concentrations of natural products. These products may be useful as medicines or as ingredients in functional foods.
白芍(牡丹)的种仁和种皮含有许多生物活性化合物。我们从三个品种的白芍种仁及种皮中提取了单萜糖苷和低聚二苯乙烯类化合物,并分析了这些样品中的生物活性化合物。结果表明,种仁含有大量的单萜糖苷,而种皮则含有高浓度的低聚二苯乙烯类化合物。提取物中单萜糖苷和低聚二苯乙烯类化合物的图谱显著依赖于白芍的品种。超高效液相色谱-四极杆飞行时间质谱法和文献参考使 96 种化合物得以初步鉴定,包括 24 种单萜糖苷、16 种低聚二苯乙烯类化合物以及一些酚类化合物、环烯醚萜苷类、二萜类和三萜类化合物。这是首次在白芍的种仁和种皮中发现这些化合物中的大部分。种仁中主要的单萜糖苷为芍药苷(1779.61±10.33mg/100g),而种皮中则含有最高浓度的牡丹酚苷 A(791.93±25.09mg/100g)和反式-ε-viniferin(607.4±16.22mg/100g)。所有结果均证实,白芍的种仁和种皮含有大量的天然产物。这些产物可作为药物或功能性食品的成分使用。