title: Characterization of caffeic acid enzymatic oxidation by-products by liquid chromatography coupled to electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry.
abstract: The products of tyrosinase-catalyzed caffeic acid oxidation at pH 6.5 were investigated using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) coupled to electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS). Aliquots of reaction mixtures were withdrawn at different times, varying from 0 to 24 h, and directly analysed by HPLC-ESI-MS and, in the case of 1 and 5 h, by HPLC-ESI-MS/MS to obtain structural information on caffeic acid derivatives. In particular, two different classes of caffeic acid dimers were identified: caffeicins-like structures and dimers originated by CC coupling between the benzene rings. Evidences for the presence of trimeric derivatives of caffeic acid were also obtained from MS data.
authors.affiliation: Università di Bari, Dipartimento di Chimica, Via E. Orabona 4, 70126 Bari, Italy. losito@chimica.uniba.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pati
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Losito
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Palmisano
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Zambonin
mesh_terms: D002109:Caffeic Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization / Q000379:methods*; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D002109:Caffeic Acids; C040048:caffeic acid