Artículo
Untargeted Metabolomics by Using UHPLC–ESI–MS/MS of an Extract Obtained with Ethyl Lactate Green Solvent from Salvia rosmarinus
Fecha
2022-11Registro en:
Separations, Volume 9, Issue 11, November 2022, Article number 327
2297-8739
10.3390/separations9110327
Autor
Castañeta, Grover
Cifuentes, Nicolas
Sepulveda, Beatriz
Bárcenas Pérez, Daniela
Cheel, José
Areche, Carlos
Institución
Resumen
Salvia rosmarinus (Lamiaceae), previously known as Rosmarinus officinalis, is a plant cultivated worldwide, native to the Mediterranean region. Its leaves are traditionally used for cooking. This species possesses numerous biological activities, including antioxidant, antimicrobial, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, and hepatoprotective properties. These biological properties are due to the presence of phenolic compounds, including rosmarinic acid and phenolic diterpenoids, such as carnosic acid and carnosol. In this study, we investigated the chemical composition of a green extract obtained by maceration with ethyl lactate for the first time. Seventy-five compounds were tentatively identified by UHPLC–ESI–MS/MS, including six organic acids, six cinnamic acid derivatives, five fatty acids, eighteen flavonoids, and thirty-eight terpenoids. Thus, abietane-type diterpenoids from the ethyl lactate extract were the predominant diterpenoids in the Chilean S. rosmarinus species, in contrast to the Chinese species, in which labdane and isopimarane-type diterpenoids were found for the first time. Finally, our study confirms that the extraction of S. rosmarinus with green ethyl lactate as a solvent is efficient and sustainable for the identification of flavonoids, phenols, and terpenoids from leaves. © 2022 by the authors.