The metabolite profiling of plant extracts always represents an exciting challenge, as the chemical diversity of natural products is still far beyond the researchers’ imagination, even focusing on a plant that is thought to have already been broadly investigated. Herein UHPLC-HRMS/MS techniques were applied to an alcoholic crude extract from nettle leaves and proved to be a precious tool for the disclosure of secondary metabolites never found before. Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives were the most representative constituents, with a 2-caffeoilisocitric acid cyclodimer described for the first time, besides four C-glycosylated flavones, bearing a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl function. This deep investigation paves the way for the isolation and full characterization of these molecules by means of spectroscopic techniques. Moreover, based on preliminary cytotoxicity evaluation, further research on the use of this nettle extract as a valuable nutraceutical product is encouraged.

Urtica dioica L. leaf chemical composition: A never-ending disclosure by means of HR-MS/MS techniques / Brahmi-Chendouh, N.; Piccolella, S.; Nigro, E.; Hamri-Zeghichi, S.; Madani, K.; Daniele, A.; Pacifico, S.. - In: JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0731-7085. - 195:(2021), p. 113892. [10.1016/j.jpba.2021.113892]

Urtica dioica L. leaf chemical composition: A never-ending disclosure by means of HR-MS/MS techniques

Nigro E.;Daniele A.;
2021

Abstract

The metabolite profiling of plant extracts always represents an exciting challenge, as the chemical diversity of natural products is still far beyond the researchers’ imagination, even focusing on a plant that is thought to have already been broadly investigated. Herein UHPLC-HRMS/MS techniques were applied to an alcoholic crude extract from nettle leaves and proved to be a precious tool for the disclosure of secondary metabolites never found before. Hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives were the most representative constituents, with a 2-caffeoilisocitric acid cyclodimer described for the first time, besides four C-glycosylated flavones, bearing a 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl function. This deep investigation paves the way for the isolation and full characterization of these molecules by means of spectroscopic techniques. Moreover, based on preliminary cytotoxicity evaluation, further research on the use of this nettle extract as a valuable nutraceutical product is encouraged.
2021
Urtica dioica L. leaf chemical composition: A never-ending disclosure by means of HR-MS/MS techniques / Brahmi-Chendouh, N.; Piccolella, S.; Nigro, E.; Hamri-Zeghichi, S.; Madani, K.; Daniele, A.; Pacifico, S.. - In: JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL AND BIOMEDICAL ANALYSIS. - ISSN 0731-7085. - 195:(2021), p. 113892. [10.1016/j.jpba.2021.113892]
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