Quantitative Analysis Method for Mumefural in Japanese Apricot Fruit Juice Concentrate

Accession number;03A0324726
Title;Quantitative Analysis Method for Mumefural in Japanese Apricot Fruit Juice Concentrate
Author; YADA HIROSHI (National Food Res. Inst., JPN) GATO NOBUKI (Nakanobc) NAGATOMO HIDENORI (Umetanhompo) CHUDA YOSHIHIRO (Norinsuisanshohigijutsuse) ONO HIROSHI (National Food Res. Inst., JPN) YOSHIDA MITSURU (National Food Res. Inst., JPN)
Journal Title;Journal of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology
Journal Code:F0895A
ISSN:1341-027X
VOL.50;NO.4;PAGE.188-192(2003)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.4, REF.9
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;Mumefural is a component of Japanese apricot fruit juice concentrate, which has been used as a traditional nonofficial medicine in Japan, and was reported to have an activity to improve the blood fluidity. For quantitative analysis of mumefural, water extract of the fruit-juice concentrate was loaded on a cartridge column for solid-phase extraction (Oasis HLB,Waters) and eluted with 20% acetonitrile. Following HPLC analysis on a XTerra MS C18 column (Waters) by linear gradient elution with acetonitrile-20mM sodium phosphate buffer (pH2.3) gave a peak of mumefural at 280nm, from which area quantity of the compound could be elucidated based on the calibration curve obtained in this work. Mumefural content of 4 Japanese apricot fruit-juice concentrates was determined as 1.41mg/g, 0.361mg/g, 11.5mg/g, and 3.82mg/g, respectively, by this method. Accurate molar absorption coefficient (.EPSILON.) of mumefural was determined as 1.78*104 (.LAMBDA.max 282nm,water). Since mumefural is highly hygroscopic amorphous solid, it is difficult to weigh out an accurate quantity for preparation of a standard solution. Molar absorption coefficient of mumefural is, therefore, useful to calibrate the concentration of the standard solution for HPLC analysis. (author abst.)