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Direct stereochemical assignment of hexose and pentose residues in flavonoid O ‐glycosides by fast atom bombardment and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry
Author(s) -
Cuyckens Filip,
Shahat Abdelaaty A.,
Pieters Luc,
Claeys Magda
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
journal of mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 1076-5174
DOI - 10.1002/jms.402
Subject(s) - chemistry , pentose , monosaccharide , electrospray ionization , arabinose , glycoside , mass spectrometry , fast atom bombardment , residue (chemistry) , flavonoid , hydrolysis , stereochemistry , xylose , chromatography , organic chemistry , fermentation , antioxidant
Mass spectrometric methods have been developed which allow the direct stereochemical assignment of terminal monosaccharide residues in flavonoid O ‐glycosides without the need for chemical hydrolysis. Standards containing a glucose, galactose, mannose, xylose, arabinose or apiose residue were examined because these monosaccharides are by far the most commonly encountered in flavonoid glycosides. Following acetylation, the major peracetylated sugar related fragments, generated by fast atom bombardment (FAB) or electrospray ionization (ESI), were selected for collisional activation employing a broad range of collision energies. Both FAB and ESI proved to be useful as ionization techniques. Stereoselective fragmentation was achieved and allowed us clearly to differentiate and characterize isomeric monosaccharide residues. The method developed was successfully applied to an unknown flavonoid containing a terminal pentose and hexose residue which was isolated from Farsetia aegyptia . Copyright © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.