- P-ISSN 1225-0163
- E-ISSN 2288-8985
피롤리지딘 알칼로이드(Pyrrolizidine alkaloids, PAs)는 식물이 포식자로부터 자신을 방어하기 위해 생산하는 2차 대사산물이다. 현재까지 약 6,000 여종 이상의 식물에서 660 여개의 피롤리지딘 알칼로이드가 확인되었으며 주로 국화과, 지치과, 콩과 식물에 분포한다. 본 연구에서는 UPLC-MS/MS를 이용하여 벌꿀 속 자연독소의 일종인 피롤리지딘 알칼로이드 7종에 대한 분석방법을 확립하고 유통중인 벌꿀제품 84건에 대하여 PAs 함유량을 모니터링하였다. 정량은 전자분무이온화 과정에서 벌꿀에 대한 matrix effect를 줄이기 위해 matrix-matched 검량선을 사용하였다. 직선성은 R2 ≥ 0.998, PAs 7종에 대한 회수율은 81-108% 수준이었다. 7종 동시분석법으로 국내 유통중인 벌꿀 84건을 검사한 결과, 7.1%(6/84건)의검출률을 보였으며 검출량은 평균적으로 47.19 μg/kg이었다. 또한 검출된 PA 성분은 주로 Lycopsamine 과 Echimidine으로 확인되었으며 1.76-202.1 μg/kg의 검출범위를 나타내었다.
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) are a group of secondary metabolites that are produced by plants all over the world as a defense mechanism against herbivores. To date, over 660 PAs have been identified from more than 6,000 plant species that have been reported to be widely present in plants belonging to Asteraceae, Boraginaceae, and Fabaceae. This study describes an analytical method based on UPLC-MS/MS for the quantitation of 7 pyrrolizidine alkaloids (Lycopsamine, Echimidine, Retrorsine, Retrorsine N-oxide, Senecionine, Heliotrine, and Trichodesmine) in honey, and was applied to 84 honey samples for validation. Quantitation was performed based on a matrix-matched calibration to compensate for the matrix effect on the electrospray ionization. Good linear calibrations were obtained for all 7 PAs in the spiked honey samples (2.575-202.14 μg/kg; R2 ≥ 0.998). The extraction recoveries for most of the PAs in the honey samples were in the range of 81 %-108 %. The analysis showed that 6 of the 84 honey samples were contaminated by the PAs with the mean total sum of PAs being 47.19 μg/kg, and the concentrations of the PAs were observed to be in the range of 1.76-202.1 μg/kg. The retronecine type compounds (Echimidine, Lycopsamine) were the most frequently found PAs in honey. These data provide useful information for the assessment of human risk posed by the consumption of honey contaminated PAs.
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