title: Determination of isoflavones in soy bits by fast column high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with UV-visible diode-array detection.
abstract: A fast determination of isoflavones (genistin, genistein, daidzein, daidzin, glycitin, glycitein, ononin, formononetin, sissotrin and biochanin A) by HPLC/UV-vis-DAD working at 254 nm is described. An Atlantis dC18 fast reversed-phase chromatographic column (20 mm x 2.1 mm, 3 microm particle size) was used at a flow rate 0.35 ml min(-1) of a mobile phase consisted from 0.1% (v/v) acetic acid (A) at pH 3.75 and methanol. (B). A linear gradient profile was used for separation at the column temperature 36 degrees C. Limits of detection (LODs for 3 S/N criterion) per sample injection (5 microl) ranged from 166.2 to 17.0 fmol (9.4-1.1 ng ml(-1) for biochanin A and genistin, respectively. The recoveries 96-106% were obtained for the different concentrations of the isoflavones (RSDs 2-8%). The pressurized liquid extraction/HPLC/UV-vis-DAD method was used for the determination of the isoflavones in soy bits (28-962 microg g(-1) dry weight). The proposed procedure is faster (ca. 8 min) without loosing its separation efficiency (up to 10 isoflavonoids can be determined) and sensitivity (tens to hundreds fmol).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry, Zemedelská 1, CZ-613 00 Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Borivoj
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Klejdus
authors.forename: Radka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mikelová
authors.forename: Jitka
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Petrlová
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Potesil
authors.forename: Vojtech
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: Marie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stiborová
authors.forename: Petr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hodek
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vacek
authors.forename: René
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kizek
authors.forename: Vlastimil
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kubán
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D007529:Isoflavones / Q000032:analysis*; D013025:Glycine max / Q000737:chemistry*; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D007529:Isoflavones