Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry

  • Volume 66
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  • Pages.338-344
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  • 2023
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  • 1976-0442(pISSN)
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  • 2234-7941(eISSN)
The Korean Society for Applied Biological Chemistry (한국응용생명화학회)
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Profiling of the leaves and stems of Curcuma longa using LC-ESI-MS and HPLC analysis

  • Gia Han Tran (Department of Plant Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Hak-Dong Lee (Department of Plant Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Sun-Hyung Kim (French Korean Aromatics Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Seok Lee (French Korean Aromatics Co., Ltd.) ;
  • Sanghyun Lee (Department of Plant Science and Technology, Chung-Ang University)
  • Received : 2023.06.14
  • Accepted : 2023.08.02
  • Published : 2023.12.31
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Abstract

Curcuma longa is a plant belonging to the genus Curcuma and is distributed across various Asian regions. This plant is widely known for its rhizomes, which possess a variety of pharmacological properties. However, although the leaves and stems of this plant also contain several health-promoting secondary metabolites, very few studies have characterized these compounds. Therefore, our study sought to quantify the secondary metabolites from the leaves and stems of Curcuma longa L. (LSCL) using liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry (LC-ESI-MS) and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Our LC-ESI-MS analyses detected twenty-one phenolic compounds in the LSCL, among which fifteen compounds were detected via HPLC analysis. Four compounds, namely vanillic acid (0.129 mg/g), p-coumaric acid (0.431 mg/g), 4-methylcatechol (0.199 mg/g), and afzelin (0.074 mg/g) were then quantified. These findings suggest that LSCL is rich in secondary metabolites and holds potential as a valuable resource for the development of functional and nutritional supplements in the future.

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This work was supported by the Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forest (IPET) through the Technology Commercialization Support Program funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) (grant number: 122052-3).

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