A NEW ANALYTICAL METHOD FOR THE QUANTIFICATION OF THREE LIGNANS IN ESPRESSO COFFEE BY USING HPLC-MS/MS TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE

摘要

Lignans, phenolic compounds that are present in a number of foodstuffs, possess some biological activities i.e., antioxidant and antiestrogenic [1,2]. The aim of our work was to develop a new analytical method to quantify three lignans, i.e., secoisolariciresinol (SECO), lariciresinol (LARI), matairesinol (MAT) from espresso coffee (EC) by using HPLC-MS/MS Triple Quadrupole.