Purple Pepper Plants, An Anthocyanin Powerhouse: Extraction, Separation and Characterization

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dc.contributor.advisorMignerey, Alie Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Cassandra Lynnen_US
dc.contributor.departmentChemistryen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-11T05:42:30Z
dc.date.available2014-10-11T05:42:30Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractABSTRACT Title of Dissertation: PURPLE PEPPER PLANTS, AN ANTHOCYANIN POWERHOUSE: EXTRACTION, SEPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION Cassandra Lynn Taylor Doctor of Philosophy, 2014 Dissertation directed by: Professor Alice C. Mignerey Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Most plants have multiple anthocyanins present that produce their color. In contrast, the foliage of the purple pepper plant (Capsicum annuum L.) contains high concentrations of a single anthocyanin delphinidin-3-p-coumaroylrutinoside-5-glucoside (Dp-3-p-coumrut-5-glc) in the foliage, making it very unique. This provides an excellent platform to extract the single anthocyanin at high concentrations. A food-grade extraction method was developed using 1% hydrochloric acid and 200 proof ethanol (1% HCl/EtOH) in order to remove the intact anthocyanin. A separation method using High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) was developed to identify Dp-3-p-coumrut-5-glc. The retention time was compared with the Blue Ribbon Iris, a known source of Dp-3-p-coumrut-5-glc. The HPLC results confirmed the presence of Dp-3-p-coumrut-5-glc in the pepper extract, but the chromatograms also demonstrated the presence of additional highly colored compounds. The extract was injected onto the HPLC and the major anthocyanin peak (Dp-3-p-coumrut-5-glc) was collected over the course of multiple injections. The collected fractions were dried down and re-solubilized in 1% HCl/methanol for analysis by mass spectrometry. A HPLC coupled to a photodiode array detector and an electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometer (LC-PDA-ESI-MS/MS) was utilized to characterize Dp-3-p-coumrut-5-glc. The precursor compound was confirmed at m/z 919 with product ions at m/z 757, 465 and 303 by comparing against plant extracts of freeze-dried purple pepper foliage, Chinese eggplant and Chinese celery. The extract's structure was elucidated by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) by analyzing both proton (1H) and carbon (13C) spectra. The 1H and 13C data matched very well with previous NMR data of Dp-3-p-coumrut-5-glc elucidated in eggplant peels. The major difference was that the trans isomer of Dp-3-p-coumrut-5-glc greatly dominated over the cis in the purple pepper extract.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M27W2J
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15731
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAnalytical chemistryen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledFood scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledChemistryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAnthocyaninen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolleddelphinidin-3-p-coumaroylrutinoside-3-glucosideen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHPLCen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMS/MSen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNMRen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledPurple Peppersen_US
dc.titlePurple Pepper Plants, An Anthocyanin Powerhouse: Extraction, Separation and Characterizationen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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