Comprehensive separation and structural analyses of polyphenols and related compounds from bracts of hops (Humulus lupulus L.).

J Agric Food Chem

Research Laboratories for Fundamental Technology of Food, Asahi Group Holdings, Limited, 1-21, Midori 1-chome, Moriya-shi, Ibaraki 302-0106, Japan.

Published: March 2014

AI Article Synopsis

  • A novel sequential chromatographic technique efficiently separated over 100 compounds from just 25 g of hop bract extract.
  • The process combined high-speed countercurrent chromatography with hydrophilic interaction and reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography, yielding high amounts of isolated materials.
  • Among the isolated compounds, researchers identified three new compounds and a previously unknown compound in plants, as well as 20 known compounds not reported in hops, highlighting the extract's richness in oligomeric proanthocyanidins.

Article Abstract

A novel sequential chromatographic technique was applied to the comprehensive separation of polyphenols and related compounds from a hop bract extract. Over 100 types of constituents were effectively isolated from only 25 g of extract in high yields by high-speed countercurrent chromatography followed by hydrophilic interaction chromatography and reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography. Among the materials isolated, the structures of 39 compounds were elucidated on the basis of their spectroscopic data including electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry and one-dimensional/two-dimensional nuclear magnetic resonance. Three new compounds, 1 known compound identified for the first time in plants, and 20 known compounds that have not been reported in hops, were found. The hop bract extract also contained an abundance of highly oligomeric proanthocyanidins, which consisted of B-type procyanidin structures.

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