基于质子转移反应-飞行时间质谱快速鉴别不同产地闽北水仙茶

采用质子转移反应-飞行时间质谱仪(PTR-TOF-MS), 构建了3个产地(武夷山、建阳、建瓯)113个闽北水仙茶样品香气的化学指纹图谱, 对所得的闽北水仙茶香气指纹图谱进行主成分分析(PCA), 获得了不同产地闽北水仙茶样品的质谱信息特征, 然后采用软独立建模分类法(SIMCA)、K最邻近结点算法(KNN)、偏最小二乘判别分析法(PLS-DA)对闽北水仙茶的质谱信息进行了模式识别.结果表明, PTR-TOF-MS结合分类识别模式能有效区分不同产地的闽北水仙茶.PCA 提取了3个主成分, 累计贡献率为84.66%;3个识别模型的校正集判别正确率分别为89.38%、100.00%和100.00%, 预测集的判别正确率分别为83.18%、 96.46%和95.57%.基于此成功建立了不同产地的闽北水仙茶识别模型.本方法无需样品预处理、分析速度快、灵敏度高、对茶叶无损伤, 为茶叶产地溯源提供了新方法.     

表面解吸常压化学电离质谱快速鉴别樟木制品

采用自行研制的表面解吸常压化学电离质谱(SDAPCI-MS),在无需样品预处理的情况下,对樟木制品及普通木材进行检测,在正离子模式及m/z 90～400范围内获得其化学指纹图谱,并通过主成分分析(PCA)方法对所获指纹谱图信息进行分析,进而对不同样品进行鉴别。结果表明,SDAPCI-MS能够对樟木表面多种特征化学成分(樟脑,香叶醇等)进行解吸电离,快速获得樟木的化学指纹谱图,并能够对目标组分做多级串联质谱鉴定。结合PCA方法,可对不同品质、不同种类的木材样品进行区分。结果表明,本方法灵敏度高,分析速度快(单个样品分析时间小于3 min),可望应用于珍贵木材快速无损分析及品质鉴定。     

指纹图谱结合化学计量学方法研究新疆薰衣草精油成分

采用水蒸汽蒸馏法(SD)提取薰衣草挥发油,气相色谱-质谱联用(GC-MS)技术分析其化学成分及相对含量。通过气相色谱法(GC)建立其色谱指纹图谱,并结合化学计量学方法对其进行品种鉴别。3种薰衣草精油中共检测29种挥发性化学成分,其中共有成分有18种;31批薰衣草样本的GC指纹图谱相似度均大于0.9,符合指纹图谱相似度的要求,利用主成分分析法(PCA)和聚类分析法(HCA)对GC指纹图谱进行识别,可直观地区分薰衣草品种,该方法可应用于薰衣草质量控制及品种鉴别。     

表面解吸常压化学电离质谱快速鉴别硫磺熏蒸八角

采用自行研制的表面解吸常压化学电离质谱(DAPCI-MS),无需样品预处理,对硫磺熏蒸八角和未熏八角直接进行正、负离子模式检测,获得其化学指纹图谱,并通过主成分分析(PCA)及聚类分析(CA)方法对所获指纹谱图信息进行分析,进而对不同样品进行鉴别。结果表明,在正、负离子模式下,DAPCI-MS都可对八角表面多种特征化学成分进行分析,快速获得八角的化学指纹谱图,并能够对目标组分进行多级串联质谱鉴定,结合PCA及CA方法可对八角是否经硫磺熏蒸进行快速鉴别。本方法无需样品预处理,灵敏度高,分析速度快,无污染,可望应用于市场上硫熏制品的快速鉴别。     

硅烷化GC-MS指纹图谱在卷烟品牌分析中的应用

采用硅烷化衍生化法结合气相色谱-质谱(GC-MS)法对卷烟烟丝中的主要化学成分进行检测,获得了21个卷烟样品的烟丝硅烷化GC-MS指纹图谱数据,并应用聚类分析和主成分分析法对烟丝硅烷化GC-MS指纹图谱数据进行综合评价。结果表明,该方法可用于不同品牌卷烟的比较和区分,硅烷化成分的含量分布特征能反映不同品牌卷烟的特性,可为卷烟品牌的风格表征、品质维护和真伪鉴别提供参考。     

高效液相色谱-质谱法对癍痧凉茶的化学成分鉴定及指纹图谱研究

采用高效液相色谱-飞行时间质谱(HPLC-TOF-MS)和高效液相色谱-离子阱质谱(HPLC-ITMS)对癍痧凉茶进行化学成分分析。研究结果表明,"黄振龙"和"平安堂"两种癍痧凉茶中共含有40种主要化学成分,其中17种通过与文献对照得到鉴定,13种通过与对照品比较保留时间和质谱数据得到确证。同时采用HPLC-IT-MS建立了"黄振龙"和"平安堂"癍痧凉茶的液相色谱-质谱联用指纹图谱,并采用主成分分析对41批次的癍痧凉茶的质量稳定性和一致性进行了评价。主成分分析结果表明,"黄振龙"和"平安堂"癍痧凉茶之间的化学成分和内在质量具有显著性差异,提示配方组成及生产工艺不同,应予以区分。该分析方法快速、高效、可靠,是癍痧凉茶质量控制的有效手段。     

不同产地三七的~1H NMR指纹图谱对比分析

通过提取方法和检测方法的探讨,选用体积分数90%的甲醇水溶液,对三七主根样品进行超声提取,并用noesypr1d脉冲序列预饱和压制水峰实验,获取了8种不同产地三七的1H NM R指纹图谱,对三七主要成分特征信号进行了初步指认。通过图谱分析看出,不同产地三七的三萜皂苷含量和各种三萜皂苷组成比例不同,黄酮、糖类含量比重也不一样。由于1H NM R具有提供信息丰富、简便、快速和重现性好的特点,可以作为中药指纹图谱研究的方法。     

FAB质谱图在中药品种鉴定上的应用

中药鉴定方法包括来源鉴定、性状鉴定、显微鉴定和理化鉴定.原有的中药理化鉴定方法或者专属性不高[1],或者需要提取、分离中药的有效成分[2],样品前处理工作繁琐,分析周期长.质谱直接进样方式对样品前处理的要求简单、分析速度快、样品用量少,特别是FAB电离方式引起的裂解少,图谱中特征峰清晰、稳定、重现性好,使FAB质谱图可能成为中药的指纹图谱,这在中药的真伪鉴别上具有实际应用意义.因此,我们对51种常用中药的乙醇提取液进行了FAB质谱测试,发现其中46种的FAB图有指纹特征,由此建立了46种中药的FAB指纹图谱库.     

宁夏枸杞甜菜碱提取物高效液相色谱指纹图谱研究

建立宁夏枸杞甜菜碱提取物高效液相色谱指纹图谱,为鉴别不同来源的宁夏枸杞提供依据。以10批宁夏不同产地的宁夏枸杞主栽品种"宁杞Ⅰ号"样品建立枸杞甜菜碱提取物指纹图谱共有模式,采用"中药色谱指纹图谱相似度评价系统"软件进行数据处理,对15批不同来源的枸杞样品进行了分析。结果表明:8个特征峰构成了宁夏枸杞甜菜碱提取物的色谱指纹图谱,不同产地、不同品种的枸杞样品甜菜碱提取物指纹图谱存在差异;建立的枸杞甜菜碱提取物高效液相色谱(HPLC)指纹图谱对不同产地、不同品种枸杞的鉴别有参考价值。     

高效液相色谱-质谱法快速鉴定复方毛冬青冲剂中三萜皂苷活性成分

建立了高效液相色谱-质谱法(HPLC-MS)快速鉴定复方毛冬青冲剂中三萜皂苷活性成分的方法.以甲醇为萃取剂超声萃取复方毛冬青冲剂30 min.采用高效液相色谱-离子阱质谱(HPLC-IT-MS)和高效液相色谱-飞行时间质谱(HPLC-TOF-MS)对萃取液进行分析,选用Agilent Zorbax Eclipse XDB C18色谱柱(250 mm×4.6 mm, 5 μm),以水(含0.1 %甲酸)-乙腈为流动相进行梯度洗脱,柱后流出液采用电喷雾离子阱质谱(ESI-IT-MS)和电喷雾飞行时间质谱(ESI-TOF-MS)的正、负离子模式进行检测.检测结果经离子阱一级质谱(IT-MS1)、离子阱二级质谱(IT-MS2)和分析时间质谱(TOF-MS)信息分析,并与相关文献报道进行比较,鉴定出1种三萜酸和8种三萜皂苷成分,并推测了其它3种可能的三萜皂苷化学成分,通过对照品对比分析,三萜酸确证为Ilexgenin A,其中一种三萜皂苷确证为Ilexsaponin A1.本方法无需对照品即可快速有效地鉴定出复方毛冬青冲剂中的三萜皂苷活性成分,为建立冲剂的质量标准提供了依据.     

运用色谱指纹图谱与化学计量学方法对灵芝进行分类

采用95%乙醇为提取溶剂,运用高效液相色谱(HPLC)指纹图谱技术与化学计量学方法,对11个不同灵芝菌株子实体进行分类。通过相似度分析分别获得提取样品指纹图谱的13个共有峰及每个样品之间的相似度;以相对共有峰面积为分析参数,运用化学计量学方法包括聚类分析(HCA)、主成分分析(PCA)及判别分析(DA)对其进行分类,结果分为紫芝、赤芝和美国大灵芝3类。实验结果表明,用化学计量学的方法对灵芝样品的指纹图谱数据进行分析,是一种可用于其分类的科学方法。     

Quantitative determination of bitter principles in specimens of Ganoderma lucidum using high-performance liquid chromatography and its application to the evaluation of ganoderma products

For quantitative determination of 19 triterpene constituents, including six ganoderma alcohols (1-6) and 13 ganoderma acids (7-19), in the products of Ganoderma lucidum, an analytical system was developed using high-performance liquid chromatography with an ODS column. The mobile phase was a linear gradient of 1% AcOH/H(2)O-CH(3)CN and 2% AcOH/H(2)O-CH(3)CN, and the elution profile was monitored at 243 and 250 nm for ganoderma alcohols and acids, respectively. The relative standard deviations of this method were less than 2.35% and 2.18% (n=5) for intraday and interday assays, and the recoveries were 90.9-100.8% and 93.4-103.9% for constituents of alcohol and acid groups, respectively. This system was applied to a quantitative determination of the constituents in 10 different products of G. lucidum: six usual umbrella forms of the fruiting bodies, three antlered forms of the fruiting bodies and spores, and eight specimens from the same G. lucidum strain, which was parasitized on logs from different plants or different fungus beds. The analytical results indicated that the quantity and composition of these triterpenes differed appreciably among various specimens, but the relative ratio of the alcohols and acids was not significantly different when the same strain of G. lucidum was used.     

Analysis of colorectal adenocarcinoma tissue by desorption electrospray ionization mass spectrometric imaging

Negative ion desorption electrospray ionization (DESI) was used for the analysis of an ex vivo tissue sample set comprising primary colorectal adenocarcinoma samples and colorectal adenocarcinoma liver metastasis samples. Frozen sections (12 μm thick) were analyzed by means of DESI imaging mass spectrometry (IMS) with spatial resolution of 100 μm using a computer-controlled DESI imaging stage mounted on a high resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometer. DESI-IMS data were found to predominantly feature complex lipids, including phosphatidyl-inositols, phophatidyl-ethanolamines, phosphatidyl-serines, phosphatidyl-ethanolamine plasmalogens, phosphatidic acids, phosphatidyl-glycerols, ceramides, sphingolipids, and sulfatides among others. Molecular constituents were identified based on their exact mass and MS/MS fragmentation spectra. An identified set of molecules was found to be in good agreement with previously reported DESI imaging data. Different histological tissue types were found to yield characteristic mass spectrometric data in each individual section. Histological features were identified by comparison to hematoxylin-eosin stained neighboring sections. Ions specific to certain histological tissue types (connective tissue, smooth muscle, healthy mucosa, healthy liver parenchyma, and adenocarcinoma) were identified by semi-automated screening of data. While each section featured a number of tissue-specific species, no potential global biomarker was found in the full sample set for any of the tissue types. As an alternative approach, data were analyzed by principal component analysis (PCA) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA) which resulted in efficient separation of data points based on their histological types. A pixel-by-pixel tissue identification method was developed, featuring the PCA/LDA analysis of authentic data set, and localization of unknowns in the resulting 60D, histologically assigned LDA space. Novel approach was found to yield results which are in 95% agreement with the results of classical histology. KRAS mutation status was determined for each sample by standard molecular biology methods and a similar PCA/LDA approach was developed to assess the feasibility of the determination of this important parameter using solely DESI imaging data. Results showed that the mutant and wild-type samples fully separated. DESI-MS and molecular biology results were in agreement in 90% of the cases.     

Mass spectrometric characterization of black tea thearubigins leading to an oxidative cascade hypothesis for thearubigin formation

Thearubigins are the most abundant group of phenolic pigments found in black tea, accounting for an estimated 60-70% of the solids in a typical black tea infusion. Fifty years ago the term thearubigins was first introduced and to date the chemical nature of the thearubigins remains largely unresolved, if not mysterious, despite numerous attempts made to clarify their structure. Thearubigins isolated from 15 commercial black teas have been analyzed using a strategy combining standard chemical characterization along with a series of modern complementary mass spectrometry techniques, including MALDI-TOF-MS, FTICR-MS, LC/TOF-MS and LC/MS/MS. Fifteen molecular formulas have been matched to constituents of fresh tea leaf that have survived processing and 21 to dimeric transformation products such as theasinensins, theaflavins, theaflavates, theanaphthoquinones, theacitrins and oolongtheanins, which were further confirmed by ESI MS/MS. MALDI-TOF-MS data revealed an average of 5000 additional thearubigin components in the mass range between m/z 1000 to 2100 clearly defining the molecular weight range of the thearubigin fraction. Six selected samples have for the first time been analyzed by electrospray ionization Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (FT-ICR-MS). FT-ICR-MS data revealed the presence of a maximum of 9428 peaks in the mass range 300 to 1000 m/z and molecular formulas were assigned to 1517 of them. Data interpretation strategies developed for petrolomics studies (van Krevelen and Kendrick analyses) have for the first time been applied to black tea thearubigins and a novel interpretation protocol has been developed to refine these procedures for the investigation of complex mixtures, leading to a novel hypothesis for the formation and structure of the black tea thearubigins named oxidative cascade hypothesis.     

High-resolution analysis of a 144-membered pyrazole library from combinatorial solid phase synthesis by using electrospray ionisation Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry

A compound library consisting of 144 pyrazole carboxylic acids and six sublibraries consisting of 24 components was analysed using electrospray ionisation Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometry (ESI-FTICR-MS). The library was synthesised by the split-mix method and investigated by direct infusion analysis by which 134 compounds were detected. FTICR-MS is predestined for the direct characterisation of complex compound libraries because of its outstanding mass resolution and mass accuracy. However, discrimination within the electrospray ionisation process sometimes leads to signal suppression and thus to misinterpretation of the synthetic results. Using micro-HPLC/MS we were able to assign all 144 compounds including all pairs of isobaric pyrazoles. We also show that, due to partial separation, FTICR-MS is indispensable for proper detection of co-eluting compounds.     

Comparison of electrospray and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization on the same hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight tandem mass spectrometer: Application to bidimensional liquid chromatography of proteins from bovine milk fraction

Recently, two ionization sources, electrospray (ESI) and matrix-assisted laser desorption (MALDI) have been used in parallel to exploit their complementary nature and to increase proteome coverage. In this study, a method using bidimensional (2D) nanoLC coupled online with ESI quadrupole time-of-flight (Q-TOF) with the simultaneous collection of fractions for analyses by LC–MALDI Q-TOF–MS/MS was developed. A total of 39 bovine proteins were identified to a high degree of confidence. To help in differentiating peptide detection following ESI and MALDI with the same mass spectrometer, we compared physico–chemical characteristics of the peptides (molecular mass, charge and size) by principal component analysis (PCA) and analysis of variance on the results of PCA. More hydrophobic peptides with a wider mass coverage were identified when ESI was used, whereas more basic and smaller peptides were identified when MALDI was used. However, the generally accepted differentiation between ESI and MALDI according to the presence of basic amino acids residues Lys and Arg and the ratio Lys/Arg was not shown as significant in this study. Moreover, we pointed out the importance of the type of mass spectrometer used in complement to both ionization sources for achieving a global increase of proteome coverage.     

Fragmentation pathways of oxygenated tetracyclic triterpenoids and their application in the qualitative analysis of Ganoderma lucidum by multistage tandem mass spectrometry

The fragmentation pathways of oxygenated tetracyclic triterpenoids from Ganoderma lucidum were systematically studied based on interpreting the mass spectra of 44 known triterpenoids using a combination of multistage tandem mass spectrometry (MS(n)) experiments and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) analysis. In negative ion mode, the fragmentation pathways of triterpenoid acids are rather characteristic. After the prominent loss of H(2) O or CO(2), cleavages take place on the A, B, C and D rings. Interestingly, the cleavage mode is highly dependent on the positions of the carbonyl groups and hydroxyl groups in the tetracyclic skeleton. Characteristic cleavage of ring A occurs in 7-oxo-11-H or 7-oxo-11-hydroxy derivatives; characteristic cleavage of ring B occurs in the 7-oxo-11-hydroxy derivatives; characteristic cleavage of ring C occurs in the 7-hydroxy-15-oxo derivatives; while the cleavage of ring D can be observed in the majority of the compounds investigated. The odd-electron species, which disobey the 'even-electron rule', are also observed and discussed in this paper. These phenomena provide an easy way to determine the tetracyclic skeleton and distinguish the isomers of the triterpenoids from each other. What is more, the fragmentation pathways of triterpenoid alcohols were also investigated in positive ion mode. The accurate masses of the product ions were determined using quadrupole orthogonal time-of-flight (QTOF) instruments. Finally, the fragmentation rules were applied to identify the components of G. lucidum. As a result, 73 triterpenoids including 11 new ones were identified. The triterpenoids were classified into six subclasses according to their different fragmentation behaviors. The application of tandem mass spectrometry was further explored.     

Study on triterpenoic acids distribution in Ganoderma mushrooms by automatic multiple development high performance thin layer chromatographic fingerprint analysis

Ganoderma--"Lingzhi" in Chinese--is one of the superior Chinese tonic materia medicas in China, Japan, and Korea. Two species, Ganoderma lucidum (Red Lingzhi) and G. sinense (Purple Lingzhi), have been included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia since its 2000 Edition. However, some other species of Ganoderma are also available in the market. For example, there are five species divided by color called "Penta-colors Lingzhi" that have been advocated as being the most invigorating among the Lingzhi species; but there is no scientific evidence for such a claim. Morphological identification can serve as an effective practice for differentiating the various species, but the inherent quality has to be delineated by chemical analysis. Among the diverse constituents in Lingzhi, triterpenoids are commonly recognized as the major active ingredients. An automatic triple development HPTLC fingerprint analysis was carried out for detecting the distribution consistency of the triterpenoic acids in various Lingzhi samples. The chromatographic conditions were optimized as follows: stationary phase, precoated HPTLC silica gel 60 plate; mobile phase, toluene-ethyl acetate-methanol-formic acid (15 + 15 + 1 + 0.1); and triple-development using automatic multiple development equipment. The chromatograms showed good resolution, and the color images provided more specific HPTLC fingerprints than have been previously published. It was observed that the abundance of triterpenoic acids and consistent fingerprint pattern in Red Lingzhi (fruiting body of G. lucidum) outweighs the other species of Lingzhi.     

Quality control and original discrimination of Ganoderma lucidum based on high-performance liquid chromatographic fingerprints and combined chemometrics methods

In this paper, the feasibility and advantages of employing high-performance liquid chromatographic (HPLC) fingerprints combined with chemometrics methods for quality control of the cultured fruiting bodies of Ganoderma lucidum were investigated and demonstrated for the first time. In order to compare the HPLC fingerprints chromatograms between G. lucidum from different origins, the similarities of all the 60 samples and relative peak areas of 19 characteristic compounds were firstly calculated respectively. Then different pattern recognition procedures, including hierarchical cluster analysis (HCA), principal component analysis (PCA), partial least squares-discrimination analysis (PLS-DA) and soft independent modeling of class analogy (SIMCA) were applied to classify the G. lucidum samples according to their cultivated origins. Consistent results were obtained to show that G. lucidum samples could be successfully grouped in accordance with the province of origin. Furthermore, four marker constituents were screened out to be the most discriminant variables, which could be applied to accurate discrimination and quality control of G. lucidum by quantitative analysis. Finally, the chemical properties of those samples were also investigated to find out the differences of quality between them. Ranked in decreasing order, the quality of the G. lucidum can be arranged as Jinzhai/Huangshan, Shandong followed by Zhejiang samples. Our results revealed that the developed method has potential perspective for the original discrimination and quality control of G. lucidum.