Author(s)

Jin-Hyuk Chun, In Hyuk Jang, Mariadhas Valan Arasu, Naif Abdullah Al-Dhabi, Veeramuthu Duraipandiyan, Dong-Hoon Lee, Sanghyun Lee, Sun-Ju Kim

Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Department of Formulation, Sungbo Chemicals Co., Ltd., Goyang-si, Republic of Korea.
Department of Integrative Plant Science, Chung-Ang University, Anseong, Republic of Korea.
Yeonggwang Agricultural Technology Center, Yeonggwang-Gun, Republic of Korea.

Three anthocyanins (cyanidin 3-diglucoside, cyanidin 3-sambubioside and cyanidin 3-glucoside) together with eleven known alkaloids (lycoricidine, hipppeastrine,O-Demethyllycoramin, lycoricidinol, galanthine, lycorine, lycorenine, lycoramine, galanthamine, homolycorine and pretazettine) were identified in the flower and bulb of Lycoris radiata using high-performance liquid chromatography coupled with UV detection and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry. Anthocyanins play a major role in protecting plant’s DNA from the UV spectrum of sunlight and also in attracting insects for the purpose of pollination. Thus, knowledge on the contents and types of anthocyanins of L. radiata will help to evaluate the adaptive evolution of flowers and provide useful information for the ornamental breeding.

Lycoris radiata; Anthocyanins;Alkaloids; Flower; Bulb

J. Chun, I. Jang, M. Arasu, N. Al-Dhabi, V. Duraipandiyan, D. Lee, S. Lee and S. Kim, "Isolation and identification of alkaloids and anthocyanins from flower and bulb of Lycoris radiata using HPLC and LC-ESI-MS," Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment, Vol. 2 No. 1, 2013, pp. 22-26. doi: 10.4236/jacen.2013.21004.