Analysis of cucurbitacins in medicinal plants by high-pressure liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Phytochemical Analysis

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-127

  Sturm, Sonja ^a   Stuppner, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization; Cucurbitacins; Electrospray ionization; High pressure liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Medicinal plants

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DRUG PRODUCTS; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLANT EXTRACTS;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL IONIZATION; CUCURBITACEAE; CUCURBITACINS; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH-PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HPLC-MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY - MASS SPECTROMETRIES; MEDICINAL PLANTS; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

ACETONITRILE; COLOCYNTH; TRIFLUOROACETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DIODE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT;

BRASSICACEAE; BRYONIA CRETICA; CITRULLUS COLOCYNTHIS; COLOCYNTHIS; CUCURBITACEAE; GRATIOLA OFFICINALIS; IBERIS UMBELLATA; PICRORHIZA KURROA; PICRORHIZA KURROOA; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 0034061696     PISSN: 09580344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1565(200003/04)11:2<121::AID-PCA493>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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