Rapid screening and identification of the antioxidants in Hippocampus japonicus Kaup by HPLC-ESI-TOF/MS and on-line ABTS free radical scavenging assay
✍ Scribed by Junhui Chen; Hengqiang Zhao; Qian Shi; Daolai Zhang; HongYan Cheng; Xiaoru Wang; Frank Sen-Chun Lee
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 246 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1615-9306
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
In this paper, a method based on HPLC coupled with ESI‐TOF/MS and on‐line to a stable free radical scavenging detection system has been developed to rapidly screen and identify the major antioxidants in the water extract of Hippocampus japonicus Kaup, a kind of marine medicinal organism. The developed on‐line stable free radical scavenging detection method of water extract from H. japonicus Kaup revealed the presence of three radical scavenging compounds, which were simultaneously identified as hypoxanthine, phenylalanine and tryptophane by high‐resolution TOF‐MS. To the best of our knowledge, it is original to demonstrate the rapid and successful use of HPLC‐ESI‐TOF/MS and on‐line 2,2′‐azino‐bis(3‐ethylbenzothiazoline‐6‐sulfonate) diammonium salt free radical scavenging assay to directly and simultaneously screen and identify the antioxidants in the water extracts of H. japonicus Kaup without any purification. The present method provides a useful improvement on the reducing of workload and a powerful tool for rapid screening and identification of free radical scavenging compounds in complex natural products.