Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 129, Issue 1, Pages 217-225Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.04.029
Keywords
Vitamin D; Sterols; Plants; APCI-LC-MS/MS; UV treatment
Funding
- Danish Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
- Technical University of Denmark [3304-FVFP-07-774-01]
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Some plant species are known to cause calcium intoxification in grazing animals. This has been attributed to the presence of vitamin D-3-like activity. However, research into the presence of vitamin D-3 in plants has been limited. One reason for this may be limitations in the analytical methods available for unambiguous detection and quantification of vitamin D-3. This paper presents a new method for determining vitamin D-3 and its sterol precursors. The method is based on saponification and extraction followed by solid phase clean-up of the compounds from plant leaves and detection by APCI-MS. Recoveries ranged from 101% to 114% and precision from 3% to 12%. Detection limits were 2-8 ng/g fresh weight for the substances tested. In a pilot study we found that Solanum glaucohyllum Desf. and Solanum lycopersicum L produced vitamin D-3 after UV-treatment. The preliminary results presented suggest that vitamin D-3 formation in plants is dependent on light exposure. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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