Oxygenated heterocyclic compounds to differentiate Citrus spp. essential oils through metabolomic strategies.

Abstract:

:This study aimed to characterise and discriminate 44 authenticated commercial samples of citrus essential oils (EO) from seven species (bergamot, lemon, bigarade, orange, mandarin, grapefruit, lime) by analysing the non-volatile oxygenated heterocyclic compounds (OHC) by UHPLC/TOF-HRMS, multivariate data analysis (PCA, PLS-DA) and metabolomic strategies; the OHC fraction includes coumarins, furocoumarins, and polymethoxylated flavonoids. Two different approaches were adopted: (i) targeted profiling based on quantifying 18 furocoumarins and coumarins, some of which are regulated by law, and (ii) targeted fingerprinting based on 140 OHCs reported in citrus essential oils, from which 38 discriminant markers were defined. This approach correctly discriminated the Citrus species; its "sensitivity" to relatively low adulteration rate (10%) was highly satisfactory. The proposed method is complementary to that of analysing the citrus EO volatile part by GC techniques.

journal_name

Food Chem

journal_title

Food chemistry

authors

Masson J,Liberto E,Beolor JC,Brevard H,Bicchi C,Rubiolo P

doi

10.1016/j.foodchem.2016.03.057

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2016-09-01 00:00:00

pages

223-33

eissn

0308-8146

issn

1873-7072

pii

S0308-8146(16)30410-1

journal_volume

206

pub_type

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