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Rapid High-throughput Species Identification of Botanical Material Using Direct Analysis in Real Time High Resolution Mass Spectrometry
Published on: October 2, 2016
Development of direct microwave desorption/gas chromatography mass spectrometry system for rapid analysis of volatile
Mir Mahdi Abolghasemi1, Marziye Piryaei1
1Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.
Abstract:
A new direct microwave desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry method was developed for the analysis of the essential oils of medicinal plants. A homemade direct microwave desorption system was fabricated and used for the desorption of volatile components of medicinal herbs. The desorbed volatiles are transferred directly into the gas chromatography injector for analysis in a one-step process. Approximately 0.3 g of the herb was needed for the desorption of samples in 60 s. In this study, more than 53 volatile compounds were identified and quantified for Echinophora platyloba DC as model herb sample. The results were found to be in good agreement with the conventional hydrodistillation extraction data. The described results show that direct microwave desorption is fast, simple, and easy to automate and requires only a small amount of sample. The results indicate that essential oil components valuable for varietal identification and characteristic of each variety analyzed when direct microwave desorption-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry was used for analysis.
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