The first hyphenation of high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), electrochemical online oxidation and mass spectrometry (MS) is described. Ferrocenecarboxylic acid esters of various alcohols and phenols have been synthesized, separated by reversed-phase HPLC and oxidized (ionized) coulometrically prior to single quadrupole MS analysis using electrospray ionization (ESI) and atmospheric p...

The analysis of carotinoids is usually performed by HPLC with UV/VIS detection. Different geometric isomers can be separated using C30 stationary phases [1]. However, the complexity of most matrices makes an unequivocal identification very difficult. For this reason we investigated the use of an ion trap analyzer for the identification of carotinoids in spinach. Since carotinoids are rather non...

High-performance liquid chromatography-atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (HPLC-APCI-MS) was successfully applied to seven stereoisomeric diterpenoid alkaloids at position 1 or 12. Comparison of the breakdown curves, observed by changing the potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode of the APCI ion source, revealed stereochemical dependenc...

Normal-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (NP-HPLC) coupled to atmospheric pressure chemical ionization mass spectrometry (APCI-MS) allows qualitative analysis of endogenous ceramide and dihydroceramide species from crude lipid extracts utilizing chromatographic methods readily adaptable from commonly used thin layer chromatography (TLC) conditions. Qualitative information for the spe...

A fast analysis method with an online sample enrichment technique for the analysis of resin and fatty acids present in papermaking process waters was developed. This method was based on atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and mass spectrometry (MS) for the detection of [M-H]ions of compounds of interest. The method was applied to the control of the most prevalent resin (dehydroabiet...

The methods of extraction, separation and analysis of alkaloids and indole glucosinolates (GLs) ofIsatis tinctoria were reviewed. Different analytical approaches such as High-pressure Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Liquid Chromatography with Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (LC/ESI/MS), Electrospray Ionization Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry (ESI-TOF-MS), and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance...

Oxidation products from the autoxidation of three triacylglycerol standards have been analyzed using reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) coupled to mass spectrometry via an atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI) source. Triolein, trilinolein and trilinolenin were autoxidized in the dark at 50–608C until the oxidation products represented approximately 30% of...

Trace elemental speciation in complex, real-world matrixes is a daunting task because of the low concentration of metals/metalloids and the correspondingly high molecular chemical noise. We constructed a liquid chromatography parallel elemental and molecular mass spectrometry (PEMMS) system and evaluated the use of peak elution profiles to identify trace molecular species containing specific he...

You, J., X. Zhao, Y. Suo, Y. Li, H. Wang, and G. Chen, Determination of LongChain Fatty Acids in Bryophyte Plant Extracts by HPLC with Fluorescence Detection and Identification with MS, J. Chromatogr. B 848:283–291, 2007. A sensitive method has been developed for the determination of long-chain fatty acids (LCFAs) (>C20) using 1-[2-(ptoluenesulfonate)-ethyl]-2-phenylimidazole-[4,5-f]-9,10-phena...

The Commission Decision of EC dated 20 June 2003, on emergency measures concerning hot chilli and hot chilli products coming into any EC member state, required that the consignments of such products should be accompanied by an analytical report showing that they are free of artificial dye Sudan I. The opportunity to set a confirmatory method is evident, and the paper proposes a HPLC/APCI-MS met...