University of Tasmania
Browse
- No file added yet -

Pressurized hot water extraction and capillary electrophoresis for green and fast analysis of useful metabolites in plants

Download (1.77 MB)
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-21, 11:12 authored by Debruille, K, Jason SmithJason Smith, Joselito Quirino
The search for useful compounds from plants is an important research area. Traditional screening that involves isolation and identification/quantitation is tedious, time consuming, and generates a significant amount of chemical waste. Here, we present a simple, fast, and green strategy to assess >= 0.1% wt/wt quantities of useful compounds in plants/spices using pressurized hot water extraction using a household espresso machine followed by chemical analysis using capillary electrophoresis. Three demonstrations with polygodial, cinnamaldehyde, coumarin, and shikimic acid as target metabolites are shown. Direct analysis of extracts was by the developed micellar electrokinetic chromatography and capillary zone electrophoresis methods. The approach, which can be implemented in less developed countries, can process many samples within a day, much faster than traditional techniques that would normally take at least a day. Finally, 0.8-1.1% wt/wt levels of shikimic acid were found in Tasmanian-pepperberry and Tasmanian-fuschia leaves via the approach.

History

Publication title

Molecules

Volume

24

Issue

13

Pagination

1-12

ISSN

1420-3049

Department/School

School of Natural Sciences

Publisher

Molecular Diversity Preservation International

Place of publication

Matthaeusstrasse 11, Basel, Switzerland, Ch-4057

Rights statement

Copyright: © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences

Usage metrics

    University Of Tasmania

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC