title: Antioxidant and metabolite profiling of North American and neotropical blueberries using LC-TOF-MS and multivariate analyses.
abstract: There are many neotropical blueberries, and recent studies have shown that some have even stronger antioxidant activity than the well-known edible North American blueberries. Antioxidant marker compounds were predicted by applying multivariate statistics to data from LC-TOF-MS analysis and antioxidant assays of 3 North American blueberry species (Vaccinium corymbosum, Vaccinium angustifolium, and a defined mixture of Vaccinium virgatum with V. corymbosum) and 12 neotropical blueberry species (Anthopterus wardii, Cavendishia grandifolia, Cavendishia isernii, Ceratostema silvicola, Disterigma rimbachii, Macleania coccoloboides, Macleania cordifolia, Macleania rupestris, Satyria boliviana, Sphyrospermum buxifolium, Sphyrospermum cordifolium, and Sphyrospermum ellipticum). Fourteen antioxidant markers were detected, and 12 of these, including 7 anthocyanins, 3 flavonols, 1 hydroxycinnamic acid, and 1 iridoid glycoside, were identified. This application of multivariate analysis to bioactivity and mass data can be used for identification of pharmacologically active natural products and may help to determine which neotropical blueberry species will be prioritized for agricultural development. Also, the compositional differences between North American and neotropical blueberries were determined by chemometric analysis, and 44 marker compounds including 16 anthocyanins, 15 flavonoids, 7 hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives, 5 triterpene glycosides, and 1 iridoid glycoside were identified.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Lehman College, The City University of New York, Bronx, New York 10468, United States.
authors.forename: Chunhui
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Keyvan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dastmalchi
authors.forename: Gema
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: Shi-Biao
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pedraza-Peñalosa
authors.forename: Chunlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Edward J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kennelly
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D029798:Blueberry Plants / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D005638:Fruit / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D013045:Species Specificity; D021241:Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D015415:Biomarkers