LC-ESI-MS determination of quassinoids isobrucein B and neosergeolide in Picrolemma sprucei stem infusions
Infusions of the stems of Picrolemma sprucei (pseudonym: P. pseudocoffea) are used in the Amazon regions of Peru, Brazil and French Guiana as antimalarials among other uses. They contain the bitter quassinoids isobrucein B (1) and neosergeolide (2) that have important antimalarial and toxic properties among others. In this study, an LC-(+)-ESI-MS/MS method was developed and applied to the determination of 1 and 2 in a common remedy prepared by infusing 1 g of dry, powdered stems of P. sprucei in 1 L of boiling water. Isolated 1 and 2 were used in calibration ranges of 0.25 to 5 µg mL-1 and 0.5 to 10 µg mL-1, respectively, with the internal standard phloroglucinol at 4.0 µg mL-1. Good linearity, precision and accuracy were observed for both compounds. The concentrations of 1 and 2 in the stem infusions were found to be 60.1 and 774 µg L-1, respectively.
Main Authors: | Pohlit,Adrian M., Jabor,Valquíria A. P., Amorim,Rodrigo C. das N., Silva,Ellen C. Costa e, Lopes,Norberto P. |
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Química
2009
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Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-50532009000600010 |
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