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ArticleJournal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis2016

A validated UHPLC-tandem mass spectrometry method for quantitative analysis of flavonolignans in milk thistle (Silybum marianum) extracts.

Tyler N Graf, Nadja B Cech, Stephen J Polyak, Nicholas H Oberlies

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Article in Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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  1. Chemical Standardization of Milk Thistle (Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry · 2024
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Tyler N GrafDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 27402, USA.
Nadja B CechDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 27402, USA.
Stephen J PolyakDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA; Department of Global Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98104, USA.
Nicholas H OberliesDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, 27402, USA. Electronic address: nicholas_oberlies@uncg.edu.

Funding

Mechanisms of Silymarin HepatoprotectionR01AT006842 · NCCIH · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI POLYAK, STEPHEN J. · 2011 to 2015
$2.7M
NCCIH NIH HHS R01 AT006842
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Validated methods are needed for the analysis of natural product secondary metabolites. These methods are particularly important to translate in vitro observations to in vivo studies. Herein, a method is reported for the analysis of the key secondary metabolites, a series of flavonolignans and a flavonoid, from an extract prepared from the seeds of milk thistle [Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn. (Asteraceae)]. This report represents the first UHPLC MS-MS method validated for quantitative analysis of these compounds. The method takes advantage of the excellent resolution achievable with UHPLC to provide a complete analysis in less than 7min. The method is validated using both UV and MS detectors, making it applicable in laboratories with different types of analytical instrumentation available. Lower limits of quantitation achieved with this method range from 0.0400μM to 0.160μM with UV and from 0.0800μM to 0.160μM with MS. The new method is employed to evaluate variability in constituent composition in various commercial S. marianum extracts, and to show that storage of the milk thistle compounds in DMSO leads to degradation.

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Chromatography, High Pressure LiquidDimethyl SulfoxideFlavonoidsFlavonolignansLimit of DetectionPlant ExtractsSeedsSilybum marianumSolventsTandem Mass SpectrometryDimethyl SulfoxideFlavonoidsFlavonolignansPlant ExtractsSolventsFlavonolignansMilk thistleSilybum marianumSilymarinValidation

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PMCPMC4893890

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