Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 113, Issue 2, Pages 411-419Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2008.07.053
Keywords
Analytical method; Antioxidant; Camote; Convolvulaceae; Ipomoea batatas; NMR; Saponin content; Sweet potato; Triterpene saponin
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Triterpene saponins are a class of plant natural products with a wide range of bioactivities, which makes them an interesting research subject. This work reports, for the first time, the isolation and characterization of saponins in Ipomoea batatas tuber flour, their quantification and antioxidant properties. Their structures were characterized on the basis of UV, FAB-MS, ESI-MS, GC-MS, polarimetry and NMR data, as: oleanolic acid-3-O-[beta-D-glucopyranosyl-(1 -> 2)-beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1 -> 2)-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl]-28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (sandrosaponin IX) (1) and oleanolic acid-3-O-[beta-D-galactopyranosyl-(1 -> 3)-beta-D-glucuronopyranosyl]-28-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside (2). A new quantitative HPLC-DAD method for saponin content determination in this tuber was developed and validated. Their total content was 200.01 mg/100 g dry weight (RSD = 7.2%; p < 0.001). The single saponin contents were: 161.20 mg/100 g dry weight (RSD = 0.58%; p < 0.001) for saponin 1 and 14.67 mg/100 g dry weight (RSD = 0.41%; p < 0.001) for saponin 2. The antioxidant activities, tested by DPPH and FRAP assay, of total phytochemical fraction and of single saponins were moderate in relation to commercial standards. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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