Roumy V., Hennebelle T., Zamblé A., Yao J.D., Sahpaz S., Bailleul F.
Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, EA 1043, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille 2, BP 83, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France; Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et Nutrition, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, BP 582, Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa
Roumy, V., Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, EA 1043, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille 2, BP 83, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France; Hennebelle, T., Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, EA 1043, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille 2, BP 83, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France; Zamblé, A., Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, EA 1043, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille 2, BP 83, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France; Yao, J.D., Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et Nutrition, Université de Cocody, Abidjan, BP 582, Abidjan 22, Côte d'Ivoire, South Africa; Sahpaz, S., Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, EA 1043, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille 2, BP 83, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France; Bailleul, F., Laboratoire de Pharmacognosie, EA 1043, Faculté des Sciences Pharmaceutiques et Biologiques, Université de Lille 2, BP 83, F-59006 Lille Cedex, France
Three new N1,N5,N14-tris(4- hydroxycinnamoyl)spermines were identified in hydromethanolic root extracts of Microdesmis keayana J. Léonard and Microdesmis puberula Hook f. The electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) technique with specific nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of hydrolysed products made it possible to identify N1,N5,N14-tris(p- coumaroyllspermine. N1-feruloyl,N5,N14-di(p- coumaroyl)spermine and N1,N5,N14-tris(feruloyl) spermine, named keayanines B, C and D, respectively. ESI-MS/MS analysis most effectively provided structural data although high-performance liquid chromatography/electrospray ionisation tandem mass spectrometry was also used to characterise four other compounds from Microdesmis puberula-keayanidines A, B, C and keayanine A - which had already been identified in M. keayana. This chemical data is the first to be published for M. puberula which is a commonly used plant in Central African traditional medicine. © IM Publications LLP 2008. All rights reserved.
spermidine; spermine; article; chemistry; electrospray mass spectrometry; liquid chromatography; plant root; tandem mass spectrometry; traditional medicine; Chromatography, Liquid; Medicine, Traditional; Plant Roots; Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization; Spermidine; Spermine; Tandem Mass Spectrometry