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Francesca Buiarelli1, Franco Coccioli, Renata Jasionowska
1Department of Chemistry, University of Rome La Sapienza, P.le A. Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Abstract:
Stilbenes from grapes and wines play a central role in the human diet because of their antioxidant, antimutagenic and anticarcinogenic properties. We describe a method for the direct determination of some stilbenes (cis- and trans-resveratrol, cis- and trans-resveratrol glucoside, cis- and trans-piceatannol, and cis- and trans-piceatannol glucoside) in wine by high-performance liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry using a triple quadrupole (QqQ) mass spectrometer, in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode, acquiring two diagnostic product ions from the chosen precursor. All the target analytes were separated on a C-18 column using gradient elution, in a single run. Electrospray ionization (ESI) in negative ion mode gives higher sensitivity for all the target compounds than atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI). For the identification of piceatannol glucoside (astringin), because of the lack of a suitable standard, an HPLC/TOFMS method was used. The method permits direct injection of samples and it is time-saving, removing the need for sample pre-treatment. The detection limits were 48.0 ng mL(-1) for cis- and trans-resveratrol and for cis- and trans-resveratrol glucoside, and 50.0 ng mL(-1) for cis- and trans-piceatannol. The procedure proved to be simple and suitable for routine and confirmatory purposes. A total of 19 red and 3 white Italian wines were analyzed and differences in the stilbene composition were found among these samples.
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