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• This invention relates to a method for determining oligomeric proanthocyanidin (generic name for a mixture of n-polymers of flavan-3-ol: n ⁇ 2) contained in analytes or samples to be analyzed, such as naturally occurring substances, foods and drinks, pharmaceuticals and/or cosmetics.
• oligomeric proanthocyanidin generic name for a mixture of n-polymers of flavan-3-ol: n ⁇ 2
• Proanthocyanidin is said to be one of the efficacious components of the French Paradox, since it is contained in wine as well (1995, Clin. Chim. Acta. 235, 207-219).
• An antioxidant action, a peripheral circulation improving action, a blood flow improving effect, a hepatic function improving effect (2004, Japan Food Science, 403, January Issue, 40-45), and a platelet aggregation suppressing effect are known as the medicinal benefits of proanthocyanidin. Development of a method for convenient qualitative and quantitative evaluation of OPC, which is such an active ingredient, is therefore desired.
• LC-MS high-performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry
• proanthocyanidin is present as very many stereoisomers, owing to the stereoisomerism of flavan-3-ols which are the constituents of proanthocyanidin. There are limits on the compounds available as standard substances. Thus, its quantitative analysis has been impossible, except for some known compounds. Besides, proanthocyanidin exists in the natural world in forms ranging from the monomer flavan-3-ol to a dimer, a trimer, and further to n-mers of a higher polymerization degree.
• FIG. 1 is a view showing the results of analysis of catechin, and a dimer and a trimer of flavan-3-ol by normal phase HPLC.
• FIG. 2 is a view showing the results of analysis of analytes, which have catechin and proanthocyanidin mixed therein, by normal phase HPLC.
• the inventors conducted various studies in an attempt to solve the aforementioned problems. As a result, they have elucidated, from the aspects of experimentation and molecular weight, that (a) the number of anthocyanidins produced by hydrolysis of oligomeric proanthocyanidin (OPC) is always n/2, regardless of the magnitude of the polymerization degree, n, of flavan-3-ol contained in OPC. This has led them to work out a convenient method of OPC assay. The inventors have further found the unexpected fact that (b) the separation of flavan-3-ol polymers of different polymerization degrees n, which have hitherto been difficult to separate by chromatography, can be easily achieved by high performance liquid chromatography using a normal phase column.
• the method of the present invention uses the above fact (a) and/or the fact (b) to analyze the amount of oligomeric proanthocyanidin (OPC) in natural substances, foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals and/or cosmetics, and also analyze the proportions and/or contents of n-polymers in OPC in a convenient manner.
• OPC oligomeric proanthocyanidin
• oligomeric proanthocyanidin can be assayed without interference from the flavan-3-ol monomer often contained in oligomeric proanthocyanidin.
• the method of the present invention can assay flavan-3-ol polymers for respective polymers of oligomeric proanthocyanidin in analytes, without requiring a mass spectrometer.
• this method is very suitable for the analysis of oligomeric proanthocyanidin in natural substances, foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals and/or cosmetics.
• the analytes targeted by the method of the present invention are arbitrary samples, which are expected to contain a mixture of n-polymers (n ⁇ 2) of flavan-3-ol (hereinafter referred to as oligomeric proanthocyanidin or OPC), such as natural substances (grape seeds, tamarind, apple, bark, pine bark-derived polyphenol, tea leaves, cocoa, etc., and/or their treatment products (extract, etc.)), foods and beverages, pharmaceuticals and/or cosmetics.
• Oligomeric proanthocyanidin typically, includes at least one of compounds represented by the following general formulas: [Chemical formulas 1]
• the above Bl, B2 ... Cl, C2 ... are stereoisomers of the respective compounds.
• the structures of the main procyanidins, OPC and catechin are illustrated below. [Chemical formulas Ia]
• PB1 epi-4 ⁇ ,8-cate
• PB2 epi-4 ⁇ ,8-epi
• OPC oligomeric proanthocyanidin
• the hydrolysis of oligomeric proanthocyanidin can be performed by thermal decomposition under acidic conditions.
• the preferred conditions include, for example, the use of an acid/lower alcohol mixture as acidic conditions, the acid being preferably hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid or nitric acid, and the lower alcohol being preferably propanol, butanol, pentanol and/or isopentanol.
• the thermal decomposition can be performed, with the temperature being 50 to 100 0 C, preferably 80 to 100 0 C, more preferably 85 to 95 0 C, and the reaction time being 30 minutes or more, preferably 1 hour or more.
• the concentration of the acid can be chosen from the range of 0.1N to 2N, preferably 0.4N to IN.
• the analyte is a liquid sample containing oligomeric proanthocyanidin in a low concentration
• the sample may be concentrated by a suitable method, for example, lyophilization or drying or solidification to dryness under reduced pressure.
• the analyte (including the concentrate) is dissolved in the above-mentioned acid/lower alcohol mixture at a concentration of 0.01 to 1%, preferably, 0.05 to 0.2% (0.5 to 2 mg/ml), whereby it can be hydrolyzed.
• a concrete example of the hydrolysis is as follows: A sample (0.5 rag) containing proanthocyanidin is dissolved in 1 ml of 0.6N HCl/butanol in a glass test tube, and the solution is allowed to stand for 2 hours in a water bath at 90 0 C. After completion of the reaction, the absorption spectrum at 700 to 400 nm is measured with UV-265 (Shimadzu Corp.). Measurement of the absorbance at 551 nm confirms whether the hydrolysis reaction has been fully carried out to produce anthocyanidin.
• the measurement of the amount of anthocyanidin produced by hydrolysis may be made by any publicly known method and, for example, can be performed easily by high performance liquid chromatography or the absorbance method.
• the absorbance method can be performed using the hydrolyzate unchanged and, preferably, measures the absorbance at 550 to 552 nm at which anthocyanidin shows a maximum absorption in the visible absorption spectrum. At this wavelength, the influence of components other than anthocyanidin produced by the hydrolysis of oligomeric proanthocyanidin (e.g., catechin: maximum absorption 270 nm) can be disregarded.
• the following procedure is effected: a) The amount of anthocyanidin produced from one n-polymer by hydrolysis is n/2, regardless of the magnitude of the polymerization degree n of the flavan-3-ol polymer contained in OPC. Based on this fact, the amount of anthocyanidin produced by hydrolysis is multiplied by a factor 2, whereby the total amount of OPC in a predetermined amount of the analyte can be found, for example, in mg.
• the amount of anthocyanidin produced by hydrolysis of OPC is in proportion to the total amount of OPC, regardless of the magnitude of the polymerization degree n of the flavan-3-ol polymer contained in OPC. Based on this fact, the amount of anthocyanidin produced by hydrolysis is compared with the amount of anthocyanidin produced by hydrolysis of a known amount of an OPC standard substance, and the total amount (e.g., in mg) of OPC in the analyte and/or the proportion (a%) of OPC in the analyte can be determined by a calibration curve or the following equation:
• the proportions of various flavan-3-ol polymers in OPC are clarified by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) .
• HPLC high performance liquid chromatography
• the column used in the high performance liquid chromatography is preferably a normal phase column, and particularly preferably a normal phase column packed with a silica gel-based resin.
• a normal phase column packed with a silica gel-based resin.
• the column temperature is 10 to 60 0 C, preferably 4O 0 C
• the detector is preferably a photodiode array detector, which is used in the collection of spectrum data at 240 to 400 nm. This is because OPC has a maximum absorption at 280 nm, but in the case of a sample incorporating other polyphenols in mixed form, different peaks at wavelengths other than 280 nm constitute the maximum absorption, thus making it possible to distinguish the other polyphenols from OPC and exclude them.
• analysis can be made only with the absorption at A280 nm.
• the total peak area of all polymers separated by chromatography is the sum of the area values at A280 nm of peaks having the maximum absorption at 280 nm.
• the column may be Shimpack PREP-SIL(H) (4.6 mm ⁇ x 300 mm, Shimadzu Corp.) or Supersher Si60 (4.5 mm ⁇ x 100 mm, Merck & Co.) as well as Inertsil SIL (4.6 mm ⁇ x 150 mm, GL Sciences Inc.).
• Flavangenol (1 mg) was dissolved in 1 ml of 0.6N HCl/BuOH, and the solution was heated in a hot water bath at 90 0 C. After a lapse of 20 minutes until 140 minutes later, sampling was done at intervals of 20 minutes. The sample taken was diluted 1:10 with butanol, and measured for the visible absorption spectrum at 400 to 700 nm. The maximum absorption was present at 551 nm for all samples. The results of the measurements are shown in Table 1.
• delphinidin, cyanidin and pelargonidin were purchased from Funakoshi.
• the standard substance, delphinidin was eluted in 4.2 minutes, with ⁇ max of 535 nm, cyanidin was eluted in 5.5 minutes, with ⁇ max of 525 nm, and pelargonidin was eluted in 8.0 minutes, with ⁇ max of 515 nm.
• the components from the acid hydrolyzate of the sample, corresponding to these conditions, were assayed as delphinidin, cyanidin and pelargonidin.
• the samples analyzed were flavangenol, grape seed polyphenol, tea polyphenol, apple polyphenol, and tamarind, and procyanidin Bl (Funakoshi) was used as the standard substance for OPC.
• the sample (1 to 2 mg) containing proanthocyanidin was dissolved in 1 ml of a mobile phase, and the solution was filtered through a 0.45 ⁇ m filter, and then subjected to HPLC under the following conditions.
• the samples used were apple polyphenol, grape seed polyphenol, flavangenol, and tamarind.
• the chromatograms as analytic patterns are shown in FIG. 2.
• the symbol X represents polyphenols having no maximum absorption at 280 nm and different from OPC.
• (+) -Taxifolin 500 mg was dissolved in 50 ml of ethanol, and 200 mg of NaBH 4 was added. Then, 1 g of (+)- catechin was added and dissolved. Then, HCl was added, and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour. The reaction product was purified by reversed phase HPLC to obtain a trimer.

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