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Liquid chromatography/electrospray mass spectrometry of bioactive terpenoids in Ginkgo biloba L.
Author(s) -
Mauri Pierluigi,
Migliazza Barbara,
Pietta Piergiorgio
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of mass spectrometry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 121
eISSN - 1096-9888
pISSN - 1076-5174
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1096-9888(199912)34:12<1361::aid-jms895>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - chemistry , ginkgo biloba , chromatography , ginkgolides , mass spectrometry , terpenoid , electrospray , glycoside , electrospray ionization , ginkgoales , pharmacognosy , organic chemistry , stereochemistry , pharmacology , biochemistry , biological activity , medicine , in vitro
Standardized extracts of Ginkgo biloba leaves are mainly used in the treatment of peripheral and celebral circulation disorders, and also as a remedy against asthma, coughs, bladder inflammation, blenorrhagia and alcohol abuse. The leaf extracts contain biflavones, flavonol glycosides and terpene lactones. This paper reports a method based on liquid chromatography coupled with electrospray mass spectrometry for the analysis of terpenoids in G. biloba extracts. This method allows the rapid isocratic separation of underivatized ginkgolides (GA, GB, GC and GJ) and bilobalide at very low levels (10 pg on the column) and their quantitative detection by external standardization with relative standard deviations of 3 and 5% for intra‐ and inter‐day analyses, respectively. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.