Flavonoid glycosides constitute important group of plant secondary metabolites. This class of natural products play significant role in different physiological processes. A new methodological approach where mass spectrometric techniques are applied to structural studies of this class of compounds is presented. Four flavonoid O-monoglycosides and one C-monoglycoside were isolated from green parts of lupin (Lupinus luteus L.). Several different mass spectrometric techniques were applied to structural elucidation of isolated compounds. Desorption ionization mass spectrometry was used for registration of mass spectra of intact and derivatized (permethylated) flavonoid glycosides. In some cases electron impact mass spectra of permethylated compounds were also recorded. Methylated samples after methanolysis and further derivatization of free hydroxyl groups (methylation or acetylation) were analyzed with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Combined information drawn from the registered mass spectra enabled us to define molecular mass, structure of aglycones and sugars, and positions of glycosidic bonds on the aglycon. Structures of four flavonoid monoglycosides were elucidated as follows: genistein 7-O-glucoside (1), genistein 4'-O-glucoside (2), 2'-hydroxygenistein 7-O-glucoside (3), and apigenin or genistein 8-C-glycoside (5). For the fourth O-glycoside (4) only molecular mass and masses of the aglycone and sugar were estimated.
The roots of Citrus sinensis have yielded a flavanoid glycoside. The compound was characterized as dihydrokaempferol 7,4’-dimethyl ether-3-O-α-rhamnopyranosyl(1”’→ 6”)-β-glucopyranoside on the basis of U.V, I.R and N.M.R (1H, 13C).
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W korzeniach Citrus sinensis znaleziono glikozyd flawonoidowy. Na podstawie badań UV, IR i NMR (1H, 13C) składnik ten zidentyfikowano jako dihydrokamferol 7, 4’-dimetyl eter-3-O-α-ramnopyranozyl (1”’→ 6”)-β-glukopyranozyd.