Solvents for different steps in analyses were partially denatured ethanol (AustrAlco, Spillern, Austria) for extraction,
hexane,
ethyl acetate (both Carl Roth, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany) and
methanol (VWR, Radnor, PA, USA) for open column chromatography and TLC, chloroform-d
1 (VWR) and pyridine-d
5 (Armar, Döttingen, Aargau, Switzerland) for NMR.
HPLC mobile phases consisted of ultrapure water prepared from deionized water with a
Barnstead MicroPure system (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA),
HPLC-grade acetonitrile (VWR) and
formic acid for LC-MS (Honeywell, Charlotte, NC, USA).
Reference substances were
abietic acid contributed by the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Graz, Austria,
apigenin (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA),
chrysin,
pinocembrin-7-methyl ether (pinostrobin),
linoleic acid (all Carl Roth) and oleic acid (Fluka, Buchs, St. Gallen, Switzerland).
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