Journal
PHYTOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Volume 30, Issue 3, Pages 268-277Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/pca.2811
Keywords
alkaloids; fragmentation patterns; Lycorine; UHPLC-QTOF-MS; MS
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [U1603104]
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Introduction Lycorine, one of the most common alkaloids in Lycoris spp., is believed to possess pharmacological activity. Objective To discover and identify lycorine-type alkaloids in the crude extracts of bulbs from six Lycoris spp. by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) detection. Methodology A qualitative analytical method with a data mining strategy was utilised. Based on the fragmentation patterns of standards investigated in positive tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) mode, the fragmentation rules of lycorine-type alkaloids were summarised. These types of alkaloids were additionally classified as different subtypes based on structural features and MS/MS fragmentation patterns, and the diagnostic ions for characterisation of different subtypes of alkaloids were designated. Results Thirty-seven lycorine type alkaloids, including 16 previously undescribed compounds, were efficiently screened out and tentatively identified from the crude extracts of six Lycoris spp. Lycoris sprengri may be a preferable species for studying or extracting lycorine-type alkaloids because of elevated relative concentrations and highest diversity of alkaloids. Conclusion The UHPLC-QTOF-MS and MS/MS data-mining strategy proved useful for the detection and tentative identification of lycorine-type alkaloids in bulbs of Lycoris spp. and could be extended to other Amaryllidaceae genera. The consequent profiling of the lycorine-type alkaloids will be useful in the quality control of raw materials of Lycoris species and the exploration of superior species.
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