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Composition of Flavonoids in Lotus Pollen
Qian Wu, Shuai Shao, Shanshan Li, Huijin Zhang, Liangsheng Wang
Chinese Bulletin of Botany    2015, 50 (6): 721-732.   DOI: 10.11983/CBB14194
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We used ultra-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (I-Class UPLC/Xevo TQ MS) to separate and identify the flavonoids in lotus pollens from 50 cultivars. Lotus pollen contains 13 flavonols and 2 flavones, all reported in lotus pollen for the first time. The most abundant flavonoids were quercetin glucosides, namely quercetin 3-O-glucuronide, quercetin 3-O-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→2)-glucopyranoside and quercetin 3-O-arabinopyranosyl-(1→2)- galactopyranoside, detected in all cultivar pollen. The total flavonoid (TF) content ranged from 82.64 to 281.08 mg∙100 g-1 in 50 cultivars, with Fei-Yun-Qian-Ye showing the highest TF and Xian-Nv-San-Hua the lowest. According to cluster analysis, 50 lotus cultivars were classified into four groups; group B contained more flavonoids than other groups, and group B TF content was the highest. TF content in Fei-Yun-Qian-Ye, Bo-Li-Xiao-Jie and Shu-Hong-Lian exceeded 200 mg∙100 g-1 dry weight and could be developed into lotus pollen products.


Figure 2 The chemical structure scheme of 15 flavonoids detected in lotus pollen. (A) Flavonols; (B) Flavones
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在I-Class UPLC/Xevo TQ MS负离子模式下, 分子离子可以进一步被打碎, 得到二级甚至三级碎片离子, 这些碎片离子对类黄酮结构的鉴定有很大作用。表1列出了荷花花粉黄酮和黄酮醇的特征数据, 包括保留时间、最大吸收波长和质谱数据。据此, 在50个品种的荷花花粉中鉴定出15种黄酮和黄酮醇物质, 包括13种黄酮醇和2种黄酮。其化学结构式如图2。
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