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In the present work, the total phenolic compounds in crude extracts from D. indica were enriched and fractionated over a macroporous resin column, then identified by HPLC-ESI-MS\/MS and ESI-IT-MS (ion trap MS). A total of 27 phenolic compounds were identified in D. indica, of which 21 compounds were identified for the first time. These 27 phenolic compounds encompassing four phenolic groups, including ellagitannins, ellagic acid and ellagic acid glycosides, hydroxybenzoic acid and hydroxycinnamic acid derivatives, and flavonols, were then successfully quantified using peak areas against those of the corresponding standards with good linearity (R2 &gt; 0.998) in the range of the tested concentrations. As a result, the contents of individual phenolic compounds varied from 6.69 mg per 100 g dry weight (DW) for ellagic acid to 71.36 mg per 100 g DW for brevifolin carboxylate. Not only did this study provide the first phenolic profiling of D. indica, but both the qualitative identification and the subsequent quantitative analysis of 27 phenolic compounds from D. indica should provide a good basis for future exploration of this valuable medicinal plant.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules201219859","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,12,15]],"date-time":"2015-12-15T10:09:11Z","timestamp":1450174151000},"page":"22463-22475","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":68,"title":["Phenolic Profiling of Duchesnea indica Combining Macroporous Resin Chromatography (MRC) with HPLC-ESI-MS\/MS and ESI-IT-MS"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"Mingzhi","family":"Zhu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory of Quality Research in Chinese Medicine, Macau Institute for Applied Research in Medicine and Health, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China"}]},{"given":"Xia","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China"}]},{"given":"Mingquan","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China"},{"name":"Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2015,12,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"105","DOI":"10.1007\/s11104-009-0236-2","article-title":"Nitrogen uptake and utilisation as a competition factor between invasive Duchesnea indica and native Fragaria vesca","volume":"331","author":"Littschwager","year":"2010","journal-title":"Plant Soil"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1656\/1092-6194(2007)14[61:EODBON]2.0.CO;2","article-title":"Effects of deer browsing on native and non-native vegetation in a mixed oak-beech forest on the Atlantic coastal plain","volume":"14","author":"Rossell","year":"2007","journal-title":"Northeast. 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