Historical textile dyeing with Genista tinctoria L.: a comprehensive study by UPLC-MS/MS analysis

L G Troalen, A S Phillips, D A Peggie, P E Barran, A N Hulme

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    Abstract

    Polyphenolic components from Genista species have been well characterised because of their potential as antioxidants and as therapeutic leads; however, the identification of dyer's greenweed (Genista tinctoria L.) in historical textiles has been the subject of only limited studies. This paper presents a comprehensive UPLC-PDA MS/MS study of reference and historical yarns dyed with this species. Several so far unreported dye components that could assist with the identification of this dye source, were characterised by MS/MS. Furthermore, the effect of photo-degradation and textile preparation techniques (such as over-dyeing) on the dye fingerprint was investigated and the results correlated with those obtained from historical samples from the Burrell and Bodleian collections, UK.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)8915-8923
    Number of pages9
    JournalAnalytical Methods
    Volume6
    Issue number22
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2014

    Keywords

    • mass-spectrometry
    • in-vitro
    • flavonoids
    • isoflavonoids
    • identification
    • fragmentation
    • constituents
    • leguminosae
    • stability
    • daidzein

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