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. 2021 May;86(5):1681-1691.
doi: 10.1111/1750-3841.15676. Epub 2021 Apr 2.

Region identification of Xinyang Maojian tea using UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS-based metabolomics coupled with multivariate statistical analyses

Zihao Wang  1 , Bingsong Ma  2 , Cunqiang Ma  1   3 , Chengqin Zheng  2 , Binxing Zhou  2 , Guiyi Guo  1 , Tao Xia  3
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Region identification of Xinyang Maojian tea using UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS-based metabolomics coupled with multivariate statistical analyses

Zihao Wang et al. J Food Sci. 2021 May.

Abstract

Xinyang Maojian tea is a kind of famous roasted green tea produced in the middle of China. Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS)-based metabolomics coupled with multivariate statistical analyses, including principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), were carried out in XMMJTs collected from Luoshan, Shangcheng, and Shihe Counties, respectively. Additionally, seven catechins, four flavonoids, two purine alkaloids, and gallic acid contents were determined by HPLC. Differential metabolites were selected by p-value <0.05, and fold change >1.50 or < 0.66 among 745 detected metabolites in metabolomics analysis. The results showed significant (p < 0.05) differences of three catechins including (-)-epicatechin, (-)-epicatechin gallate, and (-)-gallocatechin gallate, four flavonoids (i.e. quercetin, kaempferol, myricetin, and rutin), and theobromine among three various regions, and significant (p < 0.05) differences of (-)-epicatechin gallate, (-)-epigallocatechin, (+)-catechin, gallic acid, and kaempferol between Shuchazao and Group cultivar. The HCA showed that, except for two samples (i.e. LS 2 and SH 2) of Shuchazao cultivar clustered together, others could be clustered completely according to production place. The 63 relevant differential metabolites could achieve the purpose of region identification through PCA. Kyoto encyclopedia of genes and genomes (KEGG) metabolic pathway analysis elaborated the impact of geographical origin and tea cultivar on physiological metabolism in tea tree. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Ultra-high performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time of flight-mass spectrometry (UHPLC-Q-TOF/MS)-based liquid chromatography-tendem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) metabolomics coupled with multivariate statistical analyses, such as principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), revealed 63 differential metabolites related to production place, which contributed to the region identification of Xinyang Maojian teas.

Keywords: Maojian tea; PCA; catechins; flavonoids; tea cultivars.

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