Prev. Nutr. Food Sci. 2018;23(4):341-346 https://doi.org/10.3746/pnf.2018.23.4.341 pISSN 2287-1098ㆍeISSN 2287-8602 Isolation and Identification of Myricitrin, an Antioxidant Flavonoid, from Daebong Persimmon Peel In-Wook Hwang1 and Shin-Kyo Chung2 1Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Dong-A University, Busan 49315, Korea 2School of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea ABSTRACT: In this study, the antioxidant flavonoid, myricitrin, was isolated and identified from Daebong persimmon peel. The persimmon peel extract was successively fractionated with n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and n-butanol. The ethyl acetate fraction had the strongest antioxidant activities among the solvent fractions and was further fractionated by silica gel and octadecylsilane column chromatography, and preparative high performance liquid chromatography. Three antioxi- dant compounds were finally isolated, and compound 2 was identified as myricitrin by liquid chromatography/mass spec- trometry and 1H and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance. Myricitrin had the strongest antioxidant activities by ferric ion re- ducing antioxidant power and ,-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl radical scavenging assays. These results suggested that myr- icitrin was found as a major antioxidant flavonoid responsible for the strong antioxidant activities of Daebong persimmon peels. Keywords: antioxidant, myricitrin, persimmon peel, LC/MS, NMR INTRODUCTION process of Daebong persimmon peels for vinegar fermen- tation (11). Free radicals and oxidative stress have been associated In this study, we isolated the antioxidant compounds with many diseases including atherosclerosis, diabetes from Daebong persimmon peel by antioxidant activity- mellitus, neurodegenerative diseases, and virus infections guided fractionation and identified the chemical struc- (1). Flavonoids are capable of preventing free radical and ture by instrumental analyses, including high perform- oxidative stress, thus stopping oxidative damage (2,3). ance liquid chromatography (HPLC), liquid chromatog- Consequently, flavonoids have become of interest for con- raphy/mass spectrometry (LC/MS), 1H and 13C nuclear temporary health care. magnetic resonance (NMR). In this respect, persimmon (Diospyros kaki), having var- ious biological effects including antioxidant, anti-diabet- ic, and anti-cancer (4,5), is one of the useful resources MATERIALS AND METHODS to obtain the natural antioxidant flavonoids. It contains abundant phenolic acids, vitamins, and flavonoids includ- Preparation of Daebong persimmon peel powder and ing catechin, epicatechin, and gallocatechin (6). Among chemicals the persimmon varieties, Daebong persimmon (Diospyros Daebong persimmon peels were collected at the produc- kaki L. cv. Hachiya) is one of the astringent-type varieties tion area (Gwangyang, Korea). Persimmon peels were consumed as dried product after removing peels. Conse- dried in the shade and ground in a roller mill (C.W. Bra- quently, a large amount of persimmon peels are discarded bender Instruments, Inc., South Hackensack, NJ, USA) at the production areas. Some researchers had reported at 1,000 rpm with a 0.5-mm screen. ,-Diphenyl-2-pic- persimmon health-benefits include hypocholesterolemic rylhydrazyl (DPPH), 2,4,6-tris(2-pyridyl)-1,3,5-triazine (7), anti-tumor (8), and anti-diabetic effects (9). We al- (TPTZ), gallic acid, and Trolox were purchased from so reported the physicochemical properties and pretreat- Sigma-Aldrich Co. (St. Louis, MO, USA). All organic sol- ment of Daebong persimmon peel for functional food vents were of analytical grade (Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, materials (10), and studied the enzymatic hydrolysis Germany), except for HPLC, LC/MS (J.T. Baker Chemical Received 18 July 2018; Accepted 24 August 2018; Published online 31 December 2018 Correspondence to Shin-Kyo Chung, Tel: +82-53-950-5778, E-mail: [email protected] Copyright © 2018 by The Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition. All rights Reserved. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. 342 Hwang and Chung Co., Phillipsburg, NJ, USA), and NMR (Cambridge Iso- was conducted to identify the molecular weight of iso- tope Laboratories, Andover, MA, USA). lated compounds. Determination was performed with a 6410 Triple Quadrupole LC/MS system (Agilent Tech- Extraction and isolation of antioxidant compounds nologies). Electro spray ionization-MS was performed in The isolation scheme of antioxidant from Daebong per- the positive ion mode (600oC, 20 psi). Data were col- simmon peel is shown in Fig. 1. Briefly, persimmon peel lected using a mass scan from 0 to 460 m/z, at 1.5 s per powders were extracted with 80% ethanol under reflux scan. 1H and 13C NMR spectra of isolated compounds for 12 h. This ethanol extract was filtered and concen- were recorded on a NMR spectrometer (400 MHz for 1H trated to remove ethanol using rotary evaporation. The NMR and 100 MHz for 13C NMR; Bruker Avance Digital resultant extract was successively fractionated with n- 400, Bruker, Karlsruhe, Germany). Chemical shift () for hexane, ethyl acetate, and n-butanol. The n-hexane, ethyl 1H and 13C NMR are recorded in parts per million (ppm) acetate, and n-butanol extracts were separately evapo- relative to solvent signals (methanol-d4: H 3.30 and C rated, whereas the aqueous layer was lyophilized to dry- 49.0) as internal standards. ness. Among them, greater antioxidant activity was ob- served in the ethyl acetate fraction compared with other Antioxidant activities fractions. The ethyl acetate fraction was subjected to sili- To test the antioxidant activities, DPPH radical scaveng- ca gel column chromatography, and was eluted with sol- ing activity (12) and ferric ion reducing antioxidant pow- vents of increasing polarities. Fraction 2 was further iso- er (FRAP) assays (13) were conducted. The DPPH radi- lated using octadecylsilane (ODS) column chromatogra- cal scavenging activities of the extracts and fractions were phy. Finally, fraction 2 was purified by preparative HPLC, determined by measuring the decrease in absorbance of and compounds 1, 2, and 3 were obtained. Isolated com- methanolic DPPH solution at 517 nm in the presence of pounds were analyzed using an HPLC (1260 Infinity the sample. The initial concentration of DPPH was 0.1 Quaternary LC System, Agilent Technologies, Palo Alto, mM and the reading was taken after allowing the sol- CA, USA) equipped with a ultraviolet (UV) detector at ution to stand for 30 min. In cases where the absorbance 280 nm (C18 column, Develosil ODS-HG-5, 4.6×150 decreased too much (when the solution turned yellow) mm, Nomura Chemical Co., Ltd., Seto, Japan). before the 30 min period, the sample was appropriately diluted. The results are expressed in M gallic acid Instrumental analyses equivalents (M GAE). UV/visible (Vis) analysis was conducted to confirm the The FRAP assay was performed using TPTZ solution. polyphenol type of fractions using UV/Vis spectropho- The working solution was prepared by mixing 25 mL of tometer (UV 1601 PC, Shimadzu Co., Kyoto, Japan) in acetate buffer (pH 3.6), 2.5 mL of TPTZ solution (10 the wavelength range of 200∼600 nm. LC/MS analysis mM), and 2.5 mL of FeCl3･6H2O solution (20 mM), and Fig. 1. Isolation schemes of anti- oxidant from Daebong persimmon peels. Myricitrin Isolation from Persimmon Peel 343 warmed at 37oC before every determination. Then, 175 by their polarity. The yields of fractions including n-hex- L of this working solution was mixed with 25 L of the ane fraction, ethyl acetate fraction, n-butanol fraction, and sample solution. After incubation at 37oC for 30 min in aqueous fraction were 365 mg, 1.45 g, 3.24 g, and 12.16 the dark, the absorbance of the sample solution was g, respectively. Among them, the ethyl acetate fraction measured at 590 nm. Results are expressed in M trolox showed the strongest antioxidant activity. Thus, antiox- equivalents (M TE). All of the tests were performed in idant compounds of ethyl acetate fraction were isolated triplicate. in further experiments. The ethyl acetate fraction was separated with chloroform/methanol by step-wise elution Statistical analysis using a silica gel column chromatography, and three frac- The values were expressed as the mean±standard devia- tions were obtained. Among them, fraction 2 showed the tion. The results were evaluated through analysis of var- strongest antioxidant activity and the highest amount iance with Duncan’s multiple range test (P<0.05) using (975.8 mg). Thus, fraction 2 was separated by ODS col- Statistical Analysis System software version 9.3 (SAS umn chromatography, and fraction 2-1 (466.2 mg) and Institute Inc., Cary, NC, USA). 2-2 (505.6 mg) were obtained. Finally, prep-HPLC was conducted to completely separate with Fr. 2-2. As a result, fraction 2-2 was separated to three com- RESULTS AND DISCUSSION pounds (compound 1, 35.2 mg; compound 2, 180.6 mg; compound 3, 274.3 mg). In HPLC chromatogram (Fig. Isolation of antioxidant compounds 2), it was supposed that compound 2 was pure. Isolation process of antioxidant compounds is shown in Fig. 1. The extraction yield was 17.5 g of extract per 100 Identification of isolated compound g of persimmon peel powder. The ethanol extract was To identify the chemical structure of compound 2, fractionated with n-hexane, ethyl acetate, and n-butanol UV/Vis absorption spectrum, LC/MS, 1H and 13C NMR Fig. 2. High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) chromatograms of compound 2 from Daebong persimmon peels. Fr. 2-2, ODS column chromatography fractions; Compound 2, prep-HPLC fraction from fraction 2-2. Fig. 3. Liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry spectrum of compound 2 from Daebong persimmon peel. 344 Hwang and Chung analyses were conducted. The instrumental data are shown in Fig. 3 and described as follows: Compound 2 (myricitrin, myricetin 3-O-rhamnoside; 180.6 mg).