Analysis of Naturally Occurring Phenolic Compounds in Aromatic Plants by RP-HPLC Coupled to Diode Array Detector (DAD) and GC-MS after Silylation. 2013

Charalampos Proestos, and Michael Komaitis
Laboratory of Food Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 15771, Athens, Greece. harpro@chem.uoa.gr.

The following aromatic plants of Greek origin, Origanum dictamnus (dictamus), Eucalyptus globulus (eucalyptus), Origanum vulgare L. (oregano), Mellisa officinalis L. (balm mint) and Sideritis cretica (mountain tea), were examined for the content of phenolic substances. Reversed phase HPLC coupled to diode array detector (DAD) was used for the analysis of the plant extracts. The gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method (GC-MS) was also used for identification of phenolic compounds after silylation. The most abundant phenolic acids were: gallic acid (1.5-2.6 mg/100 g dry sample), ferulic acid (0.34-6.9 mg/100 g dry sample) and caffeic acid (1.0-13.8 mg/100 g dry sample). (+)-Catechin and (-)-epicatechin were the main flavonoids identified in oregano and mountain tea. Quercetin was detected only in eucalyptus and mountain tea.

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