Characterization by LC-MS(n) of four new classes of p-coumaric acid-containing diacyl chlorogenic acids in green coffee beans

J Agric Food Chem. 2006 Jun 14;54(12):4095-101. doi: 10.1021/jf060536p.

Abstract

LC-MS4 has been used to detect and characterize in green coffee beans 15 quantitatively minor p-coumaric acid-containing chlorogenic acids not previously reported in nature. These comprise 3,4-di-p-coumaroylquinic acid, 3,5-di-p-coumaroylquinic acid, and 4,5-di-p-coumaroylquinic acid (Mr 484); 3-p-coumaroyl-4-caffeoylquinic acid, 3-p-coumaroyl-5-caffeoylquinic acid, 4-p-coumaroyl-5-caffeoylquinic acid, 3-caffeoyl-4-p-coumaroyl-quinic acid, 3-caffeoyl-5-p-coumaroyl-quinic acid; and 4-caffeoyl-5-p-coumaroyl-quinic acid (Mr 500); 3-p-coumaroyl-4-feruloylquinic acid, 3-p-coumaroyl-5-feruloylquinic acid and 4-p-coumaroyl-5-feruloylquinic acid (Mr 514); and 4-dimethoxycinnamoyl-5-p-coumaroylquinic acid and two isomers (Mr 528) for which identities could not be assigned unequivocally. Structures have been assigned on the basis of LC-MS4 patterns of fragmentation. Forty-five chlorogenic acids have now been characterized in green Robusta coffee beans.

MeSH terms

  • Chlorogenic Acid / chemistry*
  • Chromatography, Liquid / methods*
  • Coffea / chemistry*
  • Coumaric Acids / chemistry*
  • Mass Spectrometry / methods*
  • Propionates
  • Quinic Acid / analogs & derivatives
  • Quinic Acid / chemistry
  • Seeds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Coumaric Acids
  • Propionates
  • caffeoylquinic acid
  • Quinic Acid
  • Chlorogenic Acid
  • ferulic acid
  • p-coumaric acid