Detection of anise (Pimpinella anisum L.) in three eighteenth-century pharmaceutical preparations using HPLC and GC × GC–MS
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F25%3A10504903" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/25:10504903 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=TrZ8Whrvvb" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=TrZ8Whrvvb</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00706-025-03353-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00706-025-03353-1</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Detection of anise (Pimpinella anisum L.) in three eighteenth-century pharmaceutical preparations using HPLC and GC × GC–MS
Original language description
This study investigates the presence of anise (Pimpinella anisum L.) in three eighteenth-century pharmaceutical preparations, preserved in the collection of the National Museum in Prague. A chemotaxonomic approach was employed using complementary analytical techniques: HPLC-UV, comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC x GC-MS), and high-performance liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC-MS/MS). Trans-anethole, the principal aromatic constituent of anise, was quantified (or detected) in all historical samples as well as modern reference materials. GC x GC-MS enabled the identification of key markers of anise (trans-anethole, p-anisaldehyde, estragole, and γ-himachalene) in the historical samples. HPLC-MS/MS confirmed the presence of trans-pseudoisoeugenyl 2-methylbutyrate - a highly specific chemotaxonomic marker of anise - in one historical specimen. These results confirm the authenticity of all three preparations as genuine anise-based remedies and demonstrate the value of combined chromatographic techniques in the chemical analysis of historical pharmaceutical remains. In addition, the full ESI(+)-MS/MS spectrum of trans-pseudoisoeugenyl 2-methylbutyrate was recorded and structurally elucidated, providing novel reference data on this previously poorly characterized chemotaxonomic marker of anise.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10406 - Analytical chemistry
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Monatshefte für Chemie - Chemical Monthly
ISSN
0026-9247
e-ISSN
1434-4475
Volume of the periodical
156
Issue of the periodical within the volume
10
Country of publishing house
AT - AUSTRIA
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
995-1004
UT code for WoS article
001541835100001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105012414417