Identification and characterization of forced degradation products of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde (5-HMF) by HPLC, LC-LTQ/Orbitrap and NMR studies

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5-Hydroxymethyl-2-furaldehyde (5-HMF) is a kind of aldehyde compound with highly active furan ring, which is generated by dehydration of glucose, fructose, and other monosaccharides. It widely exists in drugs, foods, health products, cosmetics, and traditional Chinese medicine preparations with high sugar content. Due to the toxicity, the concentration of 5-HMF was always monitored to identify non-conformities and adulteration, as well as ensure the process efficiency, traceability and safety in foods or drugs in the pharmacopoeias of various countries. Herein, a comprehensive forced degradation study was performed to characterize the degradation products (DPs) of 5-HMF under hydrolytic (neutral, acidic, and alkaline) degradation, oxidative, thermal, humidity, and photolytic degradation conditions. A total of five degradants were identified, and two of them (DP-3 and DP-5) were novel DPs first reported in our study. Major DPs (i.e., DP-1 and DP-2) with relatively high peak areas were isolated using semi-preparative HPLC and characterized by LC-LTQ/Orbitrap and NMR. 5-HMF was only stable in alkaline hydrolysis condition. In addition, the degradation pathways and mechanism of these DPs were also explained using LC-LTQ/Orbitrap. In silico toxicity and metabolism behavior of the DPs were evaluated using Derek Nexus and Meteor Nexus software, respectively. The predicted toxicity data indicated that both the drug 5-HMF and its DPs bear the potential of hepatotoxicity, mutagenicity, chromosome damage, and skin sensitisation. Our research may be beneficial for the quality control and suitable storage conditions of 5-HMF.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:233

Enthalten in:

Journal of pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis - 233(2023) vom: 05. Sept., Seite 115470

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lu, Yong [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Yaqing [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Yajun [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Huimin [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Xianfu [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

5-HMF
5-hydroxymethylfurfural
70ETD81LF0
Degradation products
Forced degradation
Journal Article
LC-HRMS
Mass fragmentation pathway
Toxicity

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Date Completed 12.06.2023

Date Revised 12.06.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jpba.2023.115470

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357133900