A. Kiehne et al., ANALYSIS OF PROANTHOCYANIDINS IN TEA SAMPLES .1. LC-MS RESULTS, ZEITSCHRIFT FUR LEBENSMITTEL-UNTERSUCHUNG UND-FORSCHUNG A-FOOD RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY, 205(2), 1997, pp. 153-157
At least 12 proanthocyanidins could be identified in green tea samples
by means of HPLC-MS and HPLC-DAD after a clean-up procedure including
polyamide column chromatography. The fragmentation pattern under ther
mospray conditions is briefly discussed. Epiafzelechin gallate-epicate
chin gallate (EAG-ECG), which has not been described before, was tenta
tively identified. Two different dimers with another MS-fragmentation
pattern in black tea samples were tentatively identified as bisflavano
ls A and B.