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Leaf Spray Mass Spectrometry: A Rapid Ambient Ionization Technique to Directly Assess Metabolites from Plant Tissues
Published on: June 21, 2018
[A study on chemical constituents in the herb of Mentha spicata]
Jian Zheng1, Dong-sheng Zhao, Bin Wu
1Department of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110015, Liaoning, China.
Objective:
To investigate the constituents of anti-inflammatory and hemostatic active sites of Mentha spicata.
Method:
Chemical constituents were separated by solvent method and chromatography and identified by physicochemical properties and spectroscopic methods.
Result:
The structures were identified as ursane I, 3-methoxy-4-methylbenzaldehyde II, veratric acid III, 5-hydroxy-3',4',6,7-tetramethoxyflavone IV, diosmetin(V), thymonin VI, daucosterol VII.
Conclusion:
Among them, compounds I, II, III were first obtained from M. genus, IV, VI were separated from M. spicta for the first time.
