Distinguishing Chinese star anise from Japanese star anise using thermal desorption - Gas chromatography - Mass spectrometry

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 5783-5789

  Howes, Melanie Jayne R ^a   Kite, Geoffrey C ^a   Simmonds, Monique S J ^a  

^a JODRELL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anethole; Essential oil; Fruit; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; GC MS; Illicium; Star anise; Thermal desorption

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIOXOLANE DERIVATIVE; ANETHOLE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; BENZYL DERIVATIVE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; EUGENOL; MYRISTICIN; PYROGALLOL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HEAT; ILLICIUM; JAPAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOLATILIZATION;

ANISOLES; BENZYL COMPOUNDS; CHINA; DIOXOLANES; EUGENOL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOT TEMPERATURE; ILLICIUM; JAPAN; PYROGALLOL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOLATILIZATION;

ILLICIUM; ILLICIUM ANISATUM; ILLICIUM HENRYI; ILLICIUM LANCEOLATUM; ILLICIUM MAJUS; ILLICIUM MICRANTHUM; ILLICIUM VERUM; MYRRHIS ODORATA;

EID: 67649854650     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf9009153     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. British Pharmacopoeia; The Stationery Office: London, United Kingdom, 2007; Vol, I.
2. Ize-Ludlow, D.; Ragone, S.; Bruck, I. S.; Bernstein, J. N.; Duchowny, M.; Pena, B. M. G. Neurotoxicities in infants seen with the consumption of star anise tea. Pediatrics 2004, 114, E653-E656.
3. Upton, R., Ed.; Differentiation between Star Anise (Illicium verum) and the Toxic Adulterant Shikimi (Illicium anisatum); American Herbal Pharmacopoeia: United States, 2006.
4. van Dijk, K. G. J. Rhabdomyolysis due to false star anise. Neuro-muscul. Disord. 2002, 12, 731.
5. Small, E. Confusion of common names for toxic and edible "star anise" (Illicum) species. Econ. Bot. 1996, 50, 337-339.
6. Lane, J. F.; Koch, W. T.; Leeds, N. S.; Gorin, G. On the toxin of Illicium anisatum. 1. The isolation and characterization of a convulsant principle - Anisatin. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1952, 74, 3211-3215.
7. Schmidt, T. J.; Schmidt, H. M.; Muller, E.; Peters, W.; Fronczek, F. R.; Truesdale, A.; Fischer, N. H. New sesquiterpene lactones from Illicium floridanum. J. Nat. Prod. 1998, 61, 230-236.
8. Huang, J. M.; Yang, C. S.; Kondo, M.; Nakade, K.; Takahashi, H.; Takaoka, S.; Fukuyama, Y. Merrillianin, a unique seco-prezizaane-type sesquiterpene, and (6R)-pseudomajucin from Illicium merrillianum. Tetrahedron 2002, 58, 6937-3941.
9. A receptors: Allosteric modulation by competitive antagonists. Biochem. Pharmacol. 1999, 58, 617-621.
10. Kudo, Y.; Oka, J.; Yamada, K. Anisatin, a potent GABA antagonist, isolated from Illicium anisatum. Neurosci. Lett. 1981, 25, 83-88.
11. Schmidt, T. L.; Okuyama, E.; Fronczek, F. R. The molecular structure of 2 α-hydroxyneoanisatin and structure-activity relationships among convulsant sesquiterpenes of the seco-prezizaane and picrotoxane types. Bioorg. Med. Chem. 1999, 7, 2857-2865.
12. Yang, C. S.; Hashimoto, M.; Baba, N.; Takahashi, M.; Kaneto, H.; Kawano, N.; Kouno, I. A new toxic neoanisatin derivative from the pericarps of Illicium majus. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1990, 38, 291-292.
13. Yang, C. S.; Kouno, I.; Kawano, N.; Sato, S. New anisatin-like sesquiterpene lactones from pericarps of Illicium majus. Tetrahedron Lett. 1988, 29, 1165-1168.
14. Nakamura, T.; Okuyama, E.; Yamazaki, M. Neurotropic components from star anise. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1996, 44, 1908-1914.
15. Okuyama, E.; Nakamura, T.; Yamazaki, M. Convulsants from star anise (Illicium verum Hook.f.). Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1993, 41, 1670-1671.
16. Lederer, I.; Schulzki, G.; Gross, J.; Steffen, J.-P. Combination of TLC and HPLC-MS/MS methods. Approach to a rational quality control of Chinese star anise. J. Agric. Food Chem. 2006, 54, 1970-1974.
17. ISO 11016. Oil of Star Anise, Chinese Type (Illicium verum Hook.f.); International Organisation for Standardization: Switzerland, 1999.
18. ISO 11178. Star Anise (Illicium verum Hook.f.) - Specification; International Organisation for Standardization: Switzerland, 1995.
19. Singh, G.; Maurya, S.; deLampasona, M. P.; Catalan, C. Chemical constituents, antimicrobial investigations and antioxidative potential of volatile oil and acetone extract of star anise fruits. J. Sci. Food Agric. 2006, 86, 111-121.
20. Wichtl, M., Ed. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals; MedPharm GmbH Scientific Publishers: Stuttgart, Germany, 2004.
21. Cook, W. B.; Howard, A. S. The essential oil of Illicium anisatum Linn. Can. J. Chem. 1966, 44, 2461-2464.
22. Saltron, F.; Langella, C.; Guerere, M. Mise en évidence de contamination de badiane de Chine par d'autres espèces d'Illicium. Ann. Fals. Exp. Chim. 2001, 94, 397-402.
23. Dũng, N. X.; Chính, N. D.; Leclercq, P. A. Volatile constituents of the fruit oil of Illicium griffithii Hook.f. et Thoms. from Vietnam. J. Essent. Oil Res. 1995, 7, 451-452.
24. Dutta, S. C.; Saha, B. N.; Pathak, M. G.; Kanjilal, P. B.; Mathur, R. K. Essential oil of Illicium griffithii Hook.f. & Thorns. J. Essent. Oil Res. 1997, 9, 227-228.
25. Tam, N. T.; An, H. L.; Bighelli, A.; Muselli, A.; Casanova, J. Advances in the chemical composition of essential oils from Illicium griffithii Hook.f. et Thorns, from Vietnam. J. Essent. Oil Res. 2005, 17, 79-81.
26. Adams, R. P. Identification of Essential Oil Components by Gas Chromatography/Quadrupole Mass Spectroscopy; Allured Publishing Corporation: Illinois, 2001.
27. Ausloos, P.; Clifton, C.; Lias, S. G.; Shamim, A.; Stein, S. NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Database, v. 4.0; U.S. Department of Commerce: Gaitherburg, MD, 1992.
28. Joshi, V. C.; Srinivas, P. V.; Khan, I. A. Rapid and easy identification of Illicium verum Hook.f. and its adulterant Illicium anisatum Linn. by fluorescent microscopy and gas chromatography. J. AOAC Int. 2005, 88, 703-706.
29. Shibuya, M.; Abe, K.; Nakahashi, Y.; Kubota, S. Phenolic components from leaf oil of Illicium anisatum L. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1978, 26, 2671-2673.
30. Yakushijin, K.; Toshima, T.; Suzuki, R.; Murata, H.; Lu, S.-T. Studies on the constituents of the plants of Illicium species. II. Structures of phenolic components. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1983, 31, 2879-2883.
31. Chen, J. K.; Chen, T. T. Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology; Art of Medicine Press, Inc.; United States, 2001.