"Molecules" . . "Beklov\u00E1, Miroslava" . . "Kizek, Ren\u00E9" . . . "RIV/62156489:43210/11:00173510" . "4" . . "Zehn\u00E1lek, Josef" . "RIV/62156489:43210/11:00173510!RIV13-GA0-43210___" . . . "Phenols are broadly distributed in the plant kingdom and are the most abundant secondary metabolites of plants. Plant polyphenols have drawn increasing attention due to their potential antioxidant properties and their marked effects in the prevention of various oxidative stress-associated diseases such as cancer. The objective of this study was to investigate a suitable method for determination of protocatechuic acid, 4-aminobenzoic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, vanillin, p-coumaric acid, rutin, ferulic acid, quercetin, resveratrol and quercitrin from apricot samples. A high-performance liquid chromatograph with electrochemical and UV detectors was used. The method was optimized in respect to both the separation selectivity of individual phenolic compounds and the maximum sensitivity with the electrochemical detection. The lowest limits of detection (3 S/N) using UV detection were estimated for ferulic acid (3 uM), quercitrin (4 uM) and quercetin (4 uM). By electrochemical detection values of 27 nM, 40 nM and 37 nM were achieved for ferulic acid, quercitrin and quercetin, respectively. It follows from the acquired results that the coulometric detection under a universal potential of 600 mV is more suitable and sensitive for polyphenol determination than UV detection at a universal wavelength of 260 nm. Subsequently, we tested the influence of solvent composition, vortexing and sonication on separation efficiency. Our results showed that a combination of water, acetone and methanol in a 20:20:60 ratio was the most effective for p-aminobenzoic acid, chlorgenic acid, caffeic acid, protocatechuic acid, ferulic acid, rutin, resveratrol and quercetin, in comparison with other solvents. On the other hand, vortexing at 4 \u00B0C produced the highest yield. Moreover, we tested the contents of individual polyphenols in the apricot cultivars Mamaria, Mold and LE-1075. The major phenolic compounds were chlorgenic acid and rutin. Chlorgenic acid was found in amounts of 2,302"@en . "Z\u00EDtka, Ond\u0159ej" . "23"^^ . . . "[877026EB9242]" . . "10"^^ . . "\u0160obrov\u00E1, Pavl\u00EDna" . . "43210" . "Adam, Vojt\u011Bch" . . "Comparison of various easy-to-use procedures for extraction of phenols from apricot fruits"@en . . . "9"^^ . . . "191308" . . . "Comparison of various easy-to-use procedures for extraction of phenols from apricot fruits" . "Kr\u0161ka, Boris" . . "CH - \u0160v\u00FDcarsk\u00E1 konfederace" . "1420-3049" . "Skali\u010Dkov\u00E1, Sylvie" . . "P(GA522/07/0692), P(QI91A032), V" . "Phenols are broadly distributed in the plant kingdom and are the most abundant secondary metabolites of plants. Plant polyphenols have drawn increasing attention due to their potential antioxidant properties and their marked effects in the prevention of various oxidative stress-associated diseases such as cancer. The objective of this study was to investigate a suitable method for determination of protocatechuic acid, 4-aminobenzoic acid, chlorogenic acid, caffeic acid, vanillin, p-coumaric acid, rutin, ferulic acid, quercetin, resveratrol and quercitrin from apricot samples. A high-performance liquid chromatograph with electrochemical and UV detectors was used. The method was optimized in respect to both the separation selectivity of individual phenolic compounds and the maximum sensitivity with the electrochemical detection. The lowest limits of detection (3 S/N) using UV detection were estimated for ferulic acid (3 uM), quercitrin (4 uM) and quercetin (4 uM). By electrochemical detection values of 27 nM, 40 nM and 37 nM were achieved for ferulic acid, quercitrin and quercetin, respectively. It follows from the acquired results that the coulometric detection under a universal potential of 600 mV is more suitable and sensitive for polyphenol determination than UV detection at a universal wavelength of 260 nm. Subsequently, we tested the influence of solvent composition, vortexing and sonication on separation efficiency. Our results showed that a combination of water, acetone and methanol in a 20:20:60 ratio was the most effective for p-aminobenzoic acid, chlorgenic acid, caffeic acid, protocatechuic acid, ferulic acid, rutin, resveratrol and quercetin, in comparison with other solvents. On the other hand, vortexing at 4 \u00B0C produced the highest yield. Moreover, we tested the contents of individual polyphenols in the apricot cultivars Mamaria, Mold and LE-1075. The major phenolic compounds were chlorgenic acid and rutin. Chlorgenic acid was found in amounts of 2,302" . . . "phenol; extraction; limits of detection"@en . . "Comparison of various easy-to-use procedures for extraction of phenols from apricot fruits" . "Sochor, Ji\u0159\u00ED" . "Comparison of various easy-to-use procedures for extraction of phenols from apricot fruits"@en . "Rop, Otakar" . . . "16" .