HPLC-ESI-MS/MS of Imidazole Alkaloids in Pilocarpus microphyllus
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1,2,*, Ilka Nacif Abreu 3,4, Nathalia Luiza Andreazza 3, Marcos N. Eberlin 1 and Paulo Mazzafera 3
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ThoMSon Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Bandeirante University of São Paulo, UNIBAN, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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Department of Plant Physiology, Institute of Biology, State University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, SP, Brazil
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Umeå Plant Science Centre – Umeå – Sweden
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Molecules 2008, 13(7), 1518-1529; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules13071518
Received: 28 May 2008
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Revised: 22 June 2008
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Accepted: 18 July 2008
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Published: 30 July 2008
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Alkaloids: Novel Therapeutic Perspectives)
Pilocarpine, an important imidazole alkaloid, is extracted from the leaves of Pilocarpus microphyllus (Rutaceae), known in Brazil as jaborandi and used mainly for the treatment of glaucoma. Jaborandi leaves also contain other imidazole alkaloids, whose pharmacological and physiological properties are unknown, and whose biosynthetic pathways are under investigation. In the present study, a HPLC method coupled with ESI-MSn was developed for their qualitative and quantitative analysis. This method permits the chromatographic separation of the imidazole alkaloids found in extracts of jaborandi, as well as the MS/MS analysis of the individual compounds. Thus two samples: leaves of P. microphyllus and a paste that is left over after the industrial extraction of pilocarpine; were compared. The paste was found to contain significant amounts of pilocarpine and other imidazole alkaloids, but had a slightly different alkaloid profile than the leaf extract. The method is suitable for the routine analysis of samples containing these alkaloids, as well as for the separation and identification of known and novel alkaloids from this family, and may be applied to further studies of the biosynthetic pathway of pilocarpine in P. microphyllus.
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Sawaya, A.; Abreu, I.N.; Andreazza, N.L.; Eberlin, M.N.; Mazzafera, P. HPLC-ESI-MS/MS of Imidazole Alkaloids in Pilocarpus microphyllus. Molecules 2008, 13, 1518-1529. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules13071518
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Sawaya A, Abreu IN, Andreazza NL, Eberlin MN, Mazzafera P. HPLC-ESI-MS/MS of Imidazole Alkaloids in Pilocarpus microphyllus. Molecules. 2008; 13(7):1518-1529. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules13071518
Chicago/Turabian StyleSawaya, Alexandra, Ilka Nacif Abreu, Nathalia Luiza Andreazza, Marcos N. Eberlin, and Paulo Mazzafera. 2008. "HPLC-ESI-MS/MS of Imidazole Alkaloids in Pilocarpus microphyllus" Molecules 13, no. 7: 1518-1529. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules13071518
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