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Procyanidins: a comprehensive review encompassing structure elucidation via mass spectrometry

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Procyanidins are polyphenols abundant in dietary fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes, and grains with a variety of chemopreventive biological effects. Rapid structure determination of these compounds is needed, notably for the more complex polymeric procyanidins. We review the recent developments in the structure elucidation of procyanidins with a focus on mass spectrometric approaches, especially liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC–MS/MS) and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) MS/MS.

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Abbreviations

PC:

procyanidins

DP:

degree of polymerization

MS:

mass spectrometry

MALDI:

matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization

QM:

quinone methide

RDA:

retro Diels–Alder

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The work was supported by the P50 AT000155 from the Office of Dietary Supplements and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health and F31AT009039 from the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.

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Rue, E.A., Rush, M.D. & van Breemen, R.B. Procyanidins: a comprehensive review encompassing structure elucidation via mass spectrometry. Phytochem Rev 17, 1–16 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11101-017-9507-3

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