A rapid screening analysis of antioxidant compounds in native Australian food plants using multiplexed detection with active flow technology columns

Emmanuel Janaka Rochana Rupesinghe, Andrew Jones, Ross Andrew Shalliker, Sercan Pravadali-Cekic

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    Abstract

    Conventional techniques for identifying antioxidant and phenolic compounds in native Australian food plants are laborious and time-consuming. Here, we present a multiplexed detection technique that reduces analysis time without compromising separation performance. This technique is achieved using Active Flow Technology-Parallel Segmented Flow (AFT-PSF) columns. Extracts from cinnamon myrtle (Backhousia myrtifolia) and lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) leaves were analysed via multiplexed detection using an AFT-PSF column with underivatised UV-VIS, mass spectroscopy (MS), and the 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH•) derivatisation for antioxidants as detection methods. A number of antioxidant compounds were detected in the extracts of each leaf extract.
    Original languageEnglish
    Article number118
    Number of pages14
    JournalMolecules
    Volume21
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

    Open Access - Access Right Statement

    © 2016 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons by Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

    Keywords

    • Australia
    • active flow technology
    • antioxidants
    • high performance liquid chromatography
    • wild plants, edible

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