Identification of New Compounds from Sage Flowers (Salvia officinalis L.) as Markers for Quality Control and the Influence of the Manufacturing Technology on the Chemical Composition and Antibacterial Activity of Sage Flower Extracts

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Abstract

Parts of Salvia species such as its flowers and leaves are currently used as a culinary herb and for some medicinal applications. To distinguish the different sage extracts it is necessary to analyze their individual chemical compositions. Their characteristic compounds might be established as markers to differentiate between sage flowers and leaf extracts or to determine the manufacturing technology and storage conditions. Tri-p-coumaroylspermidine can be detected only in flowers and has been described here for Salvia and Lavandula species for the first time. Markers for oxidation processes are the novel compounds salviquinone A and B, which were generated from carnosol by exposure to oxygen. Caffeic acid ethyl ester was established as an indirect marker for the usage of ethanol as extraction solvent. The compounds were identified by LC-QTOF-HRESIMS, LC-MS, NMR, IR, and single-crystal X-ray diffraction after isolation by semipreparative HPLC. Furthermore, sage flower resin showed interesting antibacterial in vitro activities against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1843-1853
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of agricultural and food chemistry
Volume66
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 28 Feb 2018
Peer-reviewedYes

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Scopus 85042657853
PubMed 29448760

Keywords

Keywords

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/chemistry, Chemical Fractionation, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Flowers/chemistry, Mass Spectrometry, Plant Extracts/chemistry, Quality Control, Salvia officinalis/chemistry, X-Ray Diffraction