Application of mixture analysis to crude materials from natural resources (III): NMR spectral studies to analyze chalcones from Angelica keiskei.

This study presents the application of the NMR-based analyses, DOSY and ROSY, to the chalcones, xanthoangelol (1) and 4-hydroxyderricin (2) from Angelica keiskei. We investigated whether virtual separation and structural information from each compound can be obtained. DOSY displays spectra of (1) and (2) in one dimension and diffusion spectra in the other. And the 1H slice spectra were analyzed in detail by comparison with authentic samples previously isolated from the same material. The resulting ROSY spectrum clearly showed two distinct peaks in the 1H T1 dimension. Each slice of the ROSY spectrum along the 13C dimension contains over-lapped signals, which are difficult to assign at this time.

Characterization of the complex formation of 1,6-anhydro-ß-maltose and potassium ions using NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray crystallography.

The formation of a complex between 1,6-anhydro-ß-maltose and potassium ions was characterized using (1)H, (13)C and (39)K NMR spectroscopy and single-crystal X-ray crystallography. In the NMR study, the spin-lattice relaxation times (T(1)) of C1, C3, C5, C6, and C5' significantly decreased in the presence of potassium ions, and (39)K-T(1) also decreased in the presence of 1,6-anhydro-ß-maltose, indicating complex formation. In a crystal, both 8- and 9-coordination structures, corresponding to the distorted capped pentagonal bipyramidal structure and the capped hexagonal bipyramidal structure, respectively, were identified. A potassium ion was positioned in the center of each bipyramidal structure.

Application to classification of mulberry leaves using multivariate analysis of proton NMR metabolomic data.

Recently, NMR-based metabolomic analysis has been used to acquire information based on differentiation among biological samples. In the present study, we examined whether multivariate analysis was able to be applied to natural products and/or material field. Each extraction of 24 leaf samples, divided into six locations from the tip of the stem in each of four strains, was analyzed by pattern recognition methods, known as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy (SIMCA). Twenty-four extracts from mulberry leaf showed independent spectra by 1H NMR. The separation of leaf extraction data due to the difference at six locations was achieved in the PCA score plot as correlation PC1 (86.1%) and PC3 (4.6%) and showed two loading plots, suggesting classification by leaf position as an independent variable in the loading plot. Moreover, the difference among six locations clarified the seven highest discrimination powers by the SIMCA method. Meanwhile, the PCA score plot obtained classification by the variety of mulberry strains with three loading plots, but the SIMCA method did not give a peak by classification.

Characterization of the complex formation of 1,6-anhydro-beta-maltotriose with potassium using 1H and 39K NMR spectroscopy.

The (1)H and (39)K longitudinal relaxation times (T(1)) and (1)H diffusion coefficients were measured to investigate the complex formation of 1,6-anhydro-beta-maltotriose and potassium ions. Although the (1)H-T(1) values of H3', H5', H1'' and H4'' decreased in the presence of potassium ions, (1)H chemical shifts and (1)H diffusion coefficients did not show significant changes. The long-range coupling constants of (3)J(C-H) around the glycosyl bonds did not show significant changes either. In the measurements of (39)K spectra, the (39)K signal obviously broadened and the (39)K-T(1) values decreased in the presence of 1,6-anhydro-beta-maltotriose, indicating the complex formation of 1,6-anhydro-beta-maltotriose and potassium ions. These results indicate that the conformation and molecular volume were unaffected in the complex formation.