Phenolics and a sesquiterpene lactone in the edible shoots of Cicerbita alpina (L.) Wallroth

作者：Fusani Pietro^*; Zidorn Christian

来源：Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 2010, 23(6): 658-663.

DOI：10.1016/j.jfca.2009.08.014

• Cicerbita alpina
• Blue Sow Thistle
• Edible shoots
• Wild foods
• Caffeic acid derivatives
• Sesquiterpene lactones
• HPLC-DAD
• Biodiversity
• Cultivar differences
• Food analysis
• Food composition

The phenolic profile and the content of the bitter sesquiterpene lactone 8-O-acetyl-15-beta-D-glucopyranosyllactucin were assessed in the edible shoots of Cicerbita alpine (L) Wallroth. Shoots from four different accessions, three of them cultivated and one collected in the wild, were analyzed by HPLC-DAD. 8-O-Acetyl-15-beta-D-glucopyranosyllactucin, the main bitter compound of the vegetable, and caffeic acid derivatives chlorogenic acid, 3,5-dicaffeoylquinic acid, caffeoyltartric acid, and cichoric acid were identified and quantified. Pronounced variability in the content of all compounds was observed within samples from the same accession. The edible shoots of C alpina contain large amounts of antioxidant caffeic acid derivatives and might therefore be of interest as chemopreventives. The observed variability within the species offers opportunities to start a breeding program with the focus on the sensory and antioxidant properties of the envisaged cultivar.

• 出版日期2010-9