The retention times and UV absorbance spectra of phenolic compounds present in OLE were compared with those of the commercial standard and quantified at 278 nm, using p-hydroxyphenyl acetic acid as the internal standard, according to the previously reported method. Sample concentrations were determined by linear regression. For each calibration curve, the correlation coefficients were >0.99.
HPLC analysis was performed using an HPLC instrument (Beckman, Ramsey, MN) equipped with a System Gold Solvent Delivery module (Pumps) 125 and a System Gold UV/Vis Detector 166, set to 280 nm, and using a Phenomenex Gemini reverse-phase C18 column (250 × 4.6 mm, 5 μm particle size; Phenomenex, Castel Maggiore, Italy). The mobile phase was a mixture of H2O/AcOH (97.5:2.5 v/v) (A) and MeOH/ACN (1:1 v/v) (B), programmed as follows: a gradient from 5% (B) to 30% (B) in 45 min; 30% (B) for 5 min and then from 30% (B) to 5% (B) in 5 min. The flow rate was 1 mL/min, and the injected volume was 50.0 μL.