Recent advances on HPLC/MS in medicinal plant analysis

Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 744-757

  Steinmann, Dirk ^a   Ganzera, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

LC MS; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Medicinal plants; Natural products

Indexed keywords

APIGENIN; ICARIIN; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID;

ACONITUM; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ELECTRIC FIELD; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEDICINAL PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STEPHANIA TETRANDRA;

ALKALOIDS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, ANALYTICAL; CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COUMARINS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLAVONES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHENOL; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUINONES; TERPENES; XANTHONES;

EID: 79955463297     PISSN: 07317085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2010.11.015     Document Type: Review

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