UPLC-QTOF-MS and NMR analyses of graviola (Annona muricata) leaves

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• 作者：Ingrid Vieira Machado de Moraes^a ; Paulo Riceli Vasconcelos Ribeiro^a ; Flá ; vio Luis Schmidt^b ; Kirley Marques Canuto^a ; Guilherme Juliã ; o Zocolo^a ; Edy Sousa de Brito^a ; Rensheng Luo^c ; Kristy M. Richards^d ; Kevin Tran^d ; Robert E. Smith^d ; ^{Robert.smith@fda.hhs.gov" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Graviola ; Annona muricata ; UPLC&ndash ; QTOF&ndash ; MS ; Parkinson's disease ; NMR
• 刊名：Revista Brasileira de Farmacognosia
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：March-April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：26
• 期：2
• 页码：174-179
• 全文大小：977 K

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Graviola leaves (Annona muricata L., Annonaceae) are used by some people to try to treat or even cure cancer, even though over-consumption of the fruit, which contains the neurotoxins annonacin and squamocin has caused an atypical form of Parkinson's disease. In previous analyses, the fruits were extracted with methanol under ambient conditions before analyses. In the present study, UPLC–QTOF–MS and NMR were used to analyze freeze-dried graviola leaves that were extracted using dry methanol and ethanol at 100 °C and 10 MPa (100 atm) pressure in a sealed container. Methanol solubilized 33% of the metabolites in the lyophilized leaves. Ethanol solubilized 41% of metabolites in the lyophilized leaves. The concentrations of total phenolic compounds were 100.3 ± 2.8 and 93.2 ± 2.0 mg gallic acid equivalents per g of sample, for the methanolic and ethanolic extracts, respectively. Moreover, the toxicophore (unsaturated γ-lactone) that is present in neurotoxic acetogenins was found in the lipophilic portion of this extract. The concentrations of the neurotoxins annonacin and squamocin were found by UPLC–QTOF–MS to be 305.6 ± 28.3 and 17.4 ± 0.89 μg/g-dw, respectively, in the dried leaves. Pressurized methanol solubilized more annonacin and squamocin than ethanol. On the other hand, a hot, aqueous infusion solubilized only 0.213% of the annonacin and too little of the squamocin to be detected. So, graviola leaves contain significant amounts of the neurotoxins annonacin and squamocin, as well as some potentially healthy phenolic compounds. Finally, the potential neurotoxicity of whole leaves in dietary supplements could be much higher than that of a tea (hot aqueous infusion) that is made from them.