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Mass spectrometry of underivatized naturally occurring glycosides
Author(s) -
Wolfender JeanLuc,
Maillard Marc,
Marston Andrew,
Hostettmann Kurt
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
phytochemical analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1099-1565
pISSN - 0958-0344
DOI - 10.1002/pca.2800030502
Subject(s) - chemistry , mass spectrometry , glycoside , ionization , chromatography , organic chemistry , ion
Abstract Mass spectrometry is essential for the structure determination of naturally occurring glycosides. Molecular weight and sugar sequence information can be obtained. Development of “soft” ionization techniques has allowed a direct mass spectrometric investigation of underivatized glycosides. Numerous different and complementary methods of ionization have been used for their study. For a given compound, the choice of a particular technique is crucial in order to obtain the structural information needed. A brief survey of these ionization techniques is given, together with examples of their use in major classes of plant glycosides.