Free amino acids and sugars in the flower of Carthamus tinctorius L.

Yoshiyuki Takahasi, Manabu Yukita, Mizu Wada, Masato Takahashi, Akiyoshi Fukushima, Hideyuki Taguchi, Koshi Saito

Abstract


Qualitative and quantitative analyses of free amino acids and sugars in the extracts from freshly collected florets of Carthamus tinctorius L. were performed by combination of thin-layer chromatography (TLC), automatic amino acid analysis and gas-liquid chromatography (GLC). Sixteen amino acids were detected and their quantitative relations were investigated. Alditol acetate derivatives of free sugars were examined by GLC. The retention time and resolution pattern of the following monosaccharides, rhamnose, arabinose, xylose, mannose and glucose, were ultimately investigated.

Keywords


Carthamus tinctorius L.; safflower; amino acid; sugar

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5586/asbp.1987.012

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  • 2083-9480 (online)
  • 0001-6977 (print; ceased since 2016)
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