Phenolic acids determination by HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS in sixteen different Portuguese wild mushrooms species

Food Chem Toxicol. 2009 Jun;47(6):1076-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2009.01.039.

Abstract

Analysis of phenolic compounds in sixteen Portuguese wild mushrooms species has been carried out by high-performance liquid chromatography coupled to photodiode array detector and mass spectrometer (HPLC-DAD-ESI/MS). No flavonoids were detected in the analysed samples, but diverse phenolic acids namely protocatechuic, p-hydroxybenzoic and p-coumaric acids, and two vanillic acid isomers were found and quantified. A related non-phenolic compound, cinnamic acid, was also detected in some samples, being the only compound found in Cantharellus cibarius (14.97 mg/kg, dry matter), Lycoperdon perlatum (14.36 mg/kg) and Macrolepiota procera (21.53 mg/kg). p-Hydroxybenzoic acid was found in the majority of the samples, being the most abundant compound in Agaricus silvicola (238.7 mg/kg). Ramaria botrytis showed the highest phenolic acids concentration (356.7 mg/kg) due to the significant contribution of protocatechuic acid (342.7 mg/kg).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agaricales / chemistry*
  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
  • Free Radical Scavengers / pharmacology
  • Hydroxybenzoates / analysis*
  • Hydroxybenzoates / pharmacology
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Picrates
  • Portugal
  • Reference Standards
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization

Substances

  • Biphenyl Compounds
  • Free Radical Scavengers
  • Hydroxybenzoates
  • Indicators and Reagents
  • Picrates
  • 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl
  • phenolic acid