Quantification of propionic acid from Scutellaria baicalensis roots

Background: Propionic acid is a widely used preservative and has been mainly formed by artificial synthesis or fermentation. In the case of natural products, the presence of propionic acid is viewed as a sign that an additive has been introduced for antimicrobial effects. Methods: In this work, the...

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Main Authors: Eunjung Son, Ho Kyoung Kim, Hyun Sik Kim, Mee Ree Kim, Dong-Seon Kim
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-03-01
Series:Integrative Medicine Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422016301056
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Ho Kyoung Kim
Hyun Sik Kim
Mee Ree Kim
Dong-Seon Kim
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Dong-Seon Kim
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description Background: Propionic acid is a widely used preservative and has been mainly formed by artificial synthesis or fermentation. In the case of natural products, the presence of propionic acid is viewed as a sign that an additive has been introduced for antimicrobial effects. Methods: In this work, the propionic acid that occurs in Scutellaria baicalensis roots was studied. A quantification method was developed, validated, and showed good linearity, low limit of detection, and limit of quantification values, as well as fine precision and recovery rate. The developed method was applied to the analysis of S. baicalensis roots collected in South Korea and China. Results: The detection rate for all samples was 94.0%. The average concentration was 0.41 ± 0.24 mg/g from the China sample and 0.76 ± 0.28 mg/g from the Korea sample. Conclusion: This study is the first to report that propionic acid exists in S. baicalensis roots and also provides a useful ultra performance liquid chromatography analysis method for its quantification.
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spelling doaj-art-7011c94ecbcf46d78b4b6ce88ee3f8ed2025-08-20T02:06:46ZengElsevierIntegrative Medicine Research2213-42202017-03-0161939610.1016/j.imr.2016.11.003Quantification of propionic acid from Scutellaria baicalensis rootsEunjung Son0Ho Kyoung Kim1Hyun Sik Kim2Mee Ree Kim3Dong-Seon Kim4KM Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, KoreaKM Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, KoreaDivision of Scientific Instrumentation, Korea Basic Science Institute, Cheongju, KoreaDepartment of Food and Nutrition, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, KoreaKM Convergence Research Division, Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine, Daejeon, KoreaBackground: Propionic acid is a widely used preservative and has been mainly formed by artificial synthesis or fermentation. In the case of natural products, the presence of propionic acid is viewed as a sign that an additive has been introduced for antimicrobial effects. Methods: In this work, the propionic acid that occurs in Scutellaria baicalensis roots was studied. A quantification method was developed, validated, and showed good linearity, low limit of detection, and limit of quantification values, as well as fine precision and recovery rate. The developed method was applied to the analysis of S. baicalensis roots collected in South Korea and China. Results: The detection rate for all samples was 94.0%. The average concentration was 0.41 ± 0.24 mg/g from the China sample and 0.76 ± 0.28 mg/g from the Korea sample. Conclusion: This study is the first to report that propionic acid exists in S. baicalensis roots and also provides a useful ultra performance liquid chromatography analysis method for its quantification.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422016301056geographical differencespropionic acidquantification analysisScutellaria baicalensisvalidation
spellingShingle Eunjung Son
Ho Kyoung Kim
Hyun Sik Kim
Mee Ree Kim
Dong-Seon Kim
Quantification of propionic acid from Scutellaria baicalensis roots
Integrative Medicine Research
geographical differences
propionic acid
quantification analysis
Scutellaria baicalensis
validation
title Quantification of propionic acid from Scutellaria baicalensis roots
title_full Quantification of propionic acid from Scutellaria baicalensis roots
title_fullStr Quantification of propionic acid from Scutellaria baicalensis roots
title_full_unstemmed Quantification of propionic acid from Scutellaria baicalensis roots
title_short Quantification of propionic acid from Scutellaria baicalensis roots
title_sort quantification of propionic acid from scutellaria baicalensis roots
topic geographical differences
propionic acid
quantification analysis
Scutellaria baicalensis
validation
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213422016301056
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