Abstract
Paper cone spray ionization (PCSI), an extractive ambient ionization method that is specialized for raw solid material analysis, was applied to chemical fingerprinting analysis of raw medicinal herbs. Experimental parameters of PCSI mass spectrometry (MS) were first optimized against Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge (danshen). Our results showed that simple alkyl alcohols, such as methanol and 2-propanol, generally worked well in both polarities and could generate representative chemical fingerprints instantly for a given herbal sample. In addition, in situ extraction from untreated herbal slices during PCSI MS was found to be enough to generate characteristic chemical signatures of a given medicinal herb. After optimization, representative fingerprints of various medicinal herbs, including Sophora flavescens (kushen) and Paeonia lactiflora Pall (shaoyao), were successfully obtained by PCSI MS. In addition, morphologically similar herbs, Cynanchum auriculatum and Cynanchum wilfordii, could be differentiated from each other by their chemical signatures by PCSI MS.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1337-1343 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Aug 2016 |
Keywords
- Fingerprinting analysis
- Mass spectrometry
- Medicinal herb
- Paper cone spray ionization