Author(s): Llorent-Martínez, Eulogio J. ; Spínola, Vítor ; Gouveia, Sandra ; Castilho, Paula C.
Date: 2015
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3218
Origin: DigitUMa - Repositório da Universidade da Madeira
Subject(s): Psoralea bituminosa; Phenolic compounds; HPLC-ESI/MSn; Tandem mass spectrometry; .; Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e da Engenharia; Centro de Química da Madeira
Bituminaria bituminosa is a wild legume that can endure drastic conditions, including contaminated and degraded soils. It has been traditionally used as feeding for livestock, and different uses in folk medicine are known. The chemical composition of leaves and flowers from B. bituminosa is presented for the first time. The screening of phytochemical compounds was carried out using high-performance liquid chromatography with electrospray ionization mass spectrometric detection (HPLC-ESI-MSn). More than 40 compounds were identified or tentatively characterized. A high percentage of the detected compounds corresponded to glycosylated flavonoids, especially from apigenin, although phenolic acids, lignans, and saponins were also identified.
