Abstract
A computational tool was developed to facilitate proanthocyanidin analysis using data collected by ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection-high resolution accurate mass-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-DAD-HRAM-MS). Both identification and semi-quantitation of proanthocyanidins can be achieved by the developed computational tool. It can extract proanthocyanidin chromatographic peaks, deconvolute the isotopic patterns of A-type, B-type, and multi-charged proanthocyanidins ions, and predict proanthocyanidin structures. Proanthocyanidins were quantified by an external calibration curve of catechin and molar relative response factors (MRRFs) of proanthocyanidins. Quantitation results including concentrations of total proanthocyanidins, individual proanthocyanidins, and proanthocyanidins with different degrees of polymerization and different types of linkage were calculated by the program and exported into an Excel spreadsheet automatically. The program was applied to the analysis of seven plant materials including apple, cranberry, dark chocolate, grape seed extract, jujube, litchi, and mangosteen. The identification results were compared with the results obtained by manual processing. The program can greatly save the time needed for the data analysis of proanthocyanidins.
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