Analysis of flavonoids: Tandem mass spectrometry, computational methods, and NMR

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1581-1617

  March, Raymond ^a   Brodbelt, Jennifer ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical computation; Electrospray ionization; Flavonoid glycosides; Flavonoids; Metal complexation; Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; ATOMS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); DISSOCIATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF GASES; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; ISOMERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAPPING; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESONANCE; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL HEALTH MONITORING; SUGARS;

CHEMICAL COMPUTATION; FLAVONOID GLYCOSIDES; FLAVONOIDS; METAL COMPLEXATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

2,3' DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; 3,2' DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; 3,3' DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; 3,4' DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; 3,6' DIHYDROXYFLAVONE; APIGENIN(5,7,4' TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE); FLAVONOID; HOMOORIENTIN(LUTEOLIN 6C BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE); LUTEOLIN(5,7,3,4' TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE); ORIENTIN(LUTEOLIN 8C BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITEXIN(APIGENIN 8C BETA DEXTRO GLUCOPYRANOSIDE);

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COLLISIONALLY ACTIVATED DISSOCIATION; INFRARED RADIATION; ISOMER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

COMPUTERS, MOLECULAR; FLAVONOIDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 57149111929     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.1480     Document Type: Review

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