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Chemical profiling of mycosporine-like amino acids in twenty-three red algal species.
Orfanoudaki M
,
Hartmann A
,
Karsten U
,
Ganzera M
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Rhodophyta produce a variety of chemically different mycosporine-like amino acids (MAAs), compounds that are known as some of the strongest ultraviolet (UV) absorbing molecules in nature. Accordingly, they primarily act as photoprotectants against harmful levels of solar ultraviolet radiation in the UV-A and UV-B range. In order to get a deeper understanding of the chemical diversity of MAAs in red algae, pure standards of eleven mycosporine-like amino acids were isolated from three different species (Agarophyton chilense, Pyropia plicata and Champia novae-zelandiae) using various chromatographic methods. Their structures were confirmed by nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry. Four out of the eleven MAAs are reported for the first time in algae. In addition, a new high-performance liquid chromatography method was developed for the separation of all isolated MAAs and successfully applied for the analysis of twenty-three red algal species of marine origin. All of them contained MAAs, the most abundant compounds were shinorine, palythine, asterina-330 and porphyra-334. For some samples, the direct assignment of MAAs based on their UV spectra was not possible; therefore, the target analytes were enriched by a simple concentration step, followed by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of the extracts. This approach enabled a deeper insight into the MAA pattern of red algae, indicating that not only the four dominant ones are synthesized but also many others, which were often described as unknown compounds in previous studies.
Figure 2. HPLC‐UV‐MS separation of a mixture of eleven mycosporine‐like amino acids under optimized conditions. Peak assignment is according to Figure 1.
Figure 3. Determination of MAAs in purified fractions of Sarcothalia atropurpurea and Pyropia plicata in comparison to a standard mixture. Peak assignment according to Figure 1, separation conditions according to Figure 2.
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