The aim of this work was to obtain phase II metabolites of cyanidin-3- O-glucoside and its aglycone using porcine liver enzymes. For this purpose, anthocyanins extracted from blackberry concentrate and containing mostly cyanidin-3- O-glucoside were incubated with the S9, microsomal, and cytosolic fractions of porcine liver. The reactions were targeted to the direction of the respective phase II transformation by the addition of activated cofactors. LC-MS n and LC-IMS-QTOF-MS analyses showed that one methylated, three glucuronidated and three sulfated metabolites of cyanidin-3- O-glucoside were generated. The aglycone, cyanidin, was sulfated and glucuronidated by the liver enzymes. In addition, both were glucuronidated and methylated simultaneously. The detected compounds and the generated data like exact masses, mass spectra, and CCS values may serve as a basis in the search for metabolites formed in vivo. As their effects are largely unexplored, the described synthesis may contribute to a better understanding of the metabolism of anthocyanins.
Keywords: CCS value; anthocyanins; cyanidin; hemisynthesis; in vitro; ion mobility spectrometry; phase II metabolites; polyphenols; porcine liver.