Coccoloba cowellii Britton (Polygonaceae) is an endemic and critically endangered plant that only grows in Camagüey, province of Cuba. In this study a total of 13 compounds were identified in a methanolic leaf extract, employing a dereplication of the UHPLC-HRMS data by means of Feature-Based Molecular Networking (FBMN) analysis in the Global Natural Products Social Molecular (GNPS) Network, together with the results obtained from the MS-DIAL software, the interpretation of the MS/MS data and comparison with the literature. The major constituents were glucuronides and glycosides of myricetin and quercetin, as well as epichatechin-3-O-gallate, catechin, epicatechin and gallic acid, all of them being reported for the first time in C. cowellii leaves. The constituents identified highlight the potential of C. cowellii leaves, increasing the interest in the implementation of conservation strategies for this endangered species.
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UHPLC-HRMS analysis of Coccoloba cowellii, an endemic endangered plant from Cuba
Published:
20 April 2021
by MDPI
in MOL2NET'21, Conference on Molecular, Biomed., Comput. & Network Science and Engineering, 7th ed.
congress NICE.XSM-07: North-Ibero-America Congress on Exp. & Simul. Methods, Valencia, Spain-Miami, USA, 2021
Abstract:
Keywords: Coccoloba cowellii; endemic plant; UHPLC-ESI-QTOF-MS; flavonoids