Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회지)

The Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회)
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Analysis of Estrogen in Pomegranate Extract by Solid Phase Extraction and Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass Spectrometry

LC/MS/MS를 이용한 석류추출물 중의 에스트로겐 분석

  • 금은주 (한일양행 중앙연구소) ;
  • 권도형 (한일양행 중앙연구소) ;
  • 신혜승 (국립한경대학교 한경분석센터)
  • Received : 2010.03.09
  • Accepted : 2010.03.16
  • Published : 2010.03.31
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Abstract

The pomegranate (Punica granatum), especially its fruit, possesses a vast ethnomedical history and represents a phytochemical reservoir of heuristic medical value. The tree and fruit can be divided into several anatomical compartments, and the fruit juice, peel and oil are known to be weakly estrogenic and heuristically of interest for treatment of menopausal symptoms and sequellae. In this study, analysis of estrogen in pomegranate extract was carried out with LC/MS/MS. Three batches of pomegranate extract samples were used to analysis the target compounds (estrogen). The contents of estrogen derivatives in the samples were 38.6 ppb of estriol, 83.5 ppb of estrone, and 10.9 ppb of estradiol. This result suggests that the pomegranate extract can used for treatment of menopause symptoms in the woman.

석류는 오래전부터 임상치료 및 식품원료로 사용되었으며 많은 피토에스트로겐 성분을 함유하고 있다. 그 성분으로는 에스트론, 에스트라디올, 에스트리올, 베타-시토스테롤, 엘라그산 등이 였으며 이러한 성분으로 인해 과즙, 껍질, 오일 등은 약한 에스트로겐 활성을 나타낸다고 보고되었으며, 이로 인해 석류는 여성 갱년기 치료용 원료로 많이 사용되고 있다. 그러나 에스트로겐 성분의 존재 유무에 대한 견해의 차이가 나타나고 있어 본 연구는 LC/MS/MS를 이용하여 석류추출물 중의 에스트로겐 분석을 통해 이를 확인하고자 하였으며, 간편하고 정확한 분석법을 모색하고자 하였다. 3개 롯트 시료의 에스트로겐을 분석한 결과, 에스트론 83.5ppb, 에스트라디올 10.9ppb 및 에스트리올 38.6ppb로 검출되었다.

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