African Journal of
Pharmacy and Pharmacology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Pharm. Pharmacol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0816
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJPP
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 2288

Full Length Research Paper

Study on the reaction products of hypaconitine in methanol and water using electrospray ionization mass spectrometry

Yong-gang LIU#, Peng TAN#, Fei LI and Yan-jiang QIAO*
Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, 100102, China.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 06 December 2011
  •  Published: 22 December 2011

Abstract

To identify the products of hypaconitine in water and methanol, electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) method is used to trigger a full scan product ion experiment for confirmation. Six hydrolysates were detected, and their pseudo-molecules are 470, 556, 574, 484, 452 and 588, respectively, indicating hypaconine, pyrhypaconitine, benzoylhypaconine, 8-methoxyl-hypaconine, dehydration hypaconine and 8-methoxyl-14-benzoylhypaconine, respectively. Among them, 8-methoxyl-hypaconine, 8-methoxyl-14-benzoyl-hypaconine and dehydration hypaconine are identified first in the reaction products of hypaconitine in methanol.

 

Key words: Hypaconitine, electrospray ionization, mass spectrometry.